Dr. Susan Errichiello     The Mission of Belvedere Elementary School is to promote learning within a collaborative community, consisting of staff, parents, neighbors and businesses, where all invested members are dedicated toward empowering the students to achieve their fullest potential. Our School Improvement Plan is designed to meet this mission statement and we are constantly monitoring our progress toward meeting this lofty goal. As the statement indicates, it must be a collaborative effort by all identified parties and it is only if we continue to work cooperatively that we will realize success for all students. Belvedere is working collaboratively with the College of Notre Dame of Maryland to implement a Professional Development School partnership. The partnership is based on the Maryland PDS framework that provides the guidelines and standards for implementation. The focus of our PDS partnership is improved student academic performance through research based teaching and learning. The partnership provides additional opportunities for our teachers to engage in focused professional development, and enhanced opportunities of our students to gain additional learning opportunities. The Professional Development School collaboratively supports the academic and clinical preparation of CND interns as they complete their preparation as certified teachers. There will be on-going efforts to inform and engage parents and community stake holders in the various activities that foster and support the partnership. If you have questions or would like to provide support for the PDS, please contact the school principal.