School-University Partnerships
The Journal of the National Association for Professional Development Schools
Submission Guidelines
School-University Partnerships is committed to advocating for collaborative ventures across the P-12/higher education community as a forum for the discovery and sharing of knowledge that shapes educator leadership and best practice. Honoring the joint voice of school-based and university-based educators is central to the NAPDS mission and School-University Partnerships seeks manuscripts that represent partnership across stakeholders. The journal strongly encourages submissions that reflect collaborative partnership initiatives. Submissions may focus on (but are not limited to) original school-university research designed and implemented collaboratively, descriptions of effective educator pedagogy and content delivery in the PDS, explanations of successful partnership models and structures, examples of measures of assessment and results of the evaluative process, and analysis of the professional development of all educators and children found in school-university partnership.
Preparation for submission: All submissions must be prepared using Word for electronic submission, and adhere to the guidelines set out in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition, 2009. Text should be double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font with any tables, figures, or visual images placed after the reference section. For the purpose of blind-review, the researchers should refer to themselves as “authors” and use pseudonyms for people and places at all times. Should a manuscript be accepted, then authors will have the choice of keeping their pseudonyms or replacing them with the authentic names.
Form and length: In order to accommodate multiple variations of school-university research, we encourage authors to consider one of two options:
Option One - Longer papers of between 15 and 25 pages. Typically these submissions may include but are not limited to a detailed description of the purpose, relevant school-partnership literature, data collection, findings/results, implications/discussion, and conclusion. Longer papers may also focus on in-depth explanations of partnership models. Please use pseudonyms for real names.
Option Two – Provides an opportunity for shorter submissions of between 2 and 5 pages. The primary purpose of this option is to recognize the importance of context specific work illuminating the work of PDS practitioners. This option may include but is not limited to a successful application of a particular scheme or idea, an account of a particular teaching strategy or curricular initiative, the ways in which a particular problem or challenge was addressed, other classroom/school/partnership specific initiatives, etc. Please use pseudonyms for real names.
Submission and review process
School-University Partnerships is published twice a year in the spring and fall. Submissions are accepted year-round and should be directed to Dr.Pam Campbell and Dr. Eva White, Co-Senior Editors at . All submissions will be acknowledged by letter explaining the review process. Submissions must include the following:
Cover page – Title of manuscript, date of submission, authors name(s) with complete mailing address, business and home/cell phone numbers, e-mail address, and a brief biography for each author not to exceed 30 words.
Abstract – On a separate page at the beginning of the manuscript please decribe the essence of your work in no more than 150 words (with no identifying information). Finally add three “key words/phrases” that describe your study.
Essential keywords – Under the abstract please note which “Essentials” are represented in your manuscript. For further information, please refer to “What it Means to be a ProfessionalDevelopmentSchool” found in Volume 2, Issue 2 (fall 2008) of School-University Partnerships or on-line at
Manuscript – Send e-mail correspondence with one electronic attachment of the abstract and paper featuring no identifying information and an additional electronic attachment with a cover page that identifies the author(s). Please keep an original electronic file as we do not return manuscripts.
Decisions
After each manuscript has been reviewed by three reviewers and an editorial team over the course of three-six months, authors will be notified whether the manuscript has been accepted. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be asked to make final revisions as requested and submit an electronic copy of the final manuscript to Dr. Pam Campbell and Dr. Eva White, Co-Senior Editors . The editors reserve the right to make editorial changes.