John Goodlad of the University of Washington has suggested the following desriptors of a productive partnership between universities and public schools:

1. University faculty spend quality time in the public school setting.
2. Public school teachers and university professors engage in team teaching activities in both settings.
3. Pre-service students work with public school teachers on issues that come directly from the partner school setting.
4. Creation of a "defined relationship" between public school teachers and university staff with implications for research in the school setting.
5. Schools and universities collaboratively plan, design and conduct courses and professional development at both sites.
6. All partners are viewed as equal in the development of programs for pre­service teachers.
7. Networking of people with expertise in various content areas.
8. Networking of public school teachers and university faculty to facilitate the sharing of concerns and ideas.
9. Creation of a defined process for pre-service activities in the public schools.
10. Creation of new paradigms for staff development.

· Replicable strategies: Written curricula for immersing pre-service teachers in the real work of student learning so that they can relate theory to practical experience through interaction with preK-12 teachers, parents, administrators, and students.
· Replicable strategies for engaging preK-12 educators in dialogues with university instructors (content and methods), and pre-service teachers on the alignment of instructional practices with theories of how children learn.
· Innovative use of technology as an instructional tool to provide pre­service teaching candidates with experiences designing lessons and assessments, working with standards, and interacting with preK-12 students and parents.
· Creation of learner centered, standards focused classrooms.