"The Penn State University - State College Area School District Elementary Professional Schools (PDS) is a collaborative program involving preservice teachers, veterans teachers, administrators, and university faculty working together to accomplish project goals."

National Association for Professional Development Schools

College of Teacher Education & Leadership

Bowie State University, School of Education

Teachers College, Ball State University

Teachers College, Columbia University

"What It Means to Be a Professional Development School" is a policy statement from the The National Association for Professional Development Schools School for "the purpose of sharing with the educational community the NAPDS’s articulation of the term, ‘Professional Development School. ”