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School Partners

School Partners

SUNY Cortland’s PDS Consortium includes partnerships with approximately 20 regional schools and childcare centers. Each school and childcare center assigns teachers or childcare providers to serve as mentors to our preservice teachers. We believe the one-to-one mentoring our partners provide our teacher candidates greatly contributes to them becoming strong future teachers.

Each participating school or childcare center agrees to and signs a semester-long Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to ensure that all partners understand the roles and responsibilities associated with being part of the partnership. Click here to view a sample MOU.

Current partnering schools include:

Cortland Enlarged City School District:
Barry Primary School
Randall Middle School

Groton Central School District:
Groton Elementary School

Homer Central School District:
Homer Elementary School
Homer Intermediate School

Ithaca City School District:
Belle Sherman Elementary School
Beverly J. Martin Elementary School
Cayuga Heights Elementary School
Dewitt Middle School
Fall Creek Elementary School
Northeast Elementary School
South Hill Elementary School

Marathon School District:
Applebee Elementary School

Marcellus School District:
CS Driver Middle School
KC Heffernan Elementary School

Syracuse City School District:
Franklin Elementary School
Seymour Dual Language Academy
Webster Elementary School

Whitney Point Central School District:
Caryl E. Adams Primary School

Current partnering childcare centers include:

Cortland County Community Action Program (CAPCO): 
Infant and Toddler Rooms
Preschool Classrooms

Ithaca Community Child Care Center: 
Kendall and Main Campus

SUNY Cortland Child Care Center:
Infants and Toddler Rooms
Preschool Classrooms