Patrice Silver

Education

• Ph.D. in Instructional Leadership for Changing Populations, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2023
• M.A. English/TESOL, Salisbury University, 2007
• B.A. General Arts and Science, Penn State University, 1981

Certifications & Licensure

• Best Plus ESL Testing Administrator
• ​​​​​​​EdTPA Scorer

Research

Interests

• Professional Development Schools: I have conducted numerous studies on best practices for multilingual learner support at professional development schools. These include technology and STEM integration, apprenticeship programs, teacher coaching, and the effectiveness of various state grant initiatives.
• ​​​​​​​Systemic Functional Linguistics: I have conducted research into the writing differences of multilingual learners who have had much of the education in the United States versus international students and monolingual English students.

Presentations

• Silver, P., Dupuis, J., Durham, R., Schaff, R., Pallett, L. (2025). Building Technology Integration at an Urban School through a PDS Partnership. School University Partnerships.
• Larson, K., Savick, S. Silver, P., Poling, R. (2024). Promoting Faculty Collaboration to Support School-University Partnerships and Increase Coaching Self-Efficacy (In process). School University Partnerships.
• Silver, P., Dupuis, J., Durham, R., Schaff, R., Pallet, L. (2024). Building technology integration at an Urban School through a PDS Partnership. School University Partnerships.
• Silver, P. (2023). A Systematic-Functional Linguistics Analysis of Community College English Essays of Resident Second Language Writing as Compared with Monolingual English and International Student Writing. ProQuest.
• Savick, S., Durham, R., Silver, P., Letizia, A., & Watson, M. (2022). Professional Development and Community School Models Meet to Make a Difference. Ferrara, J., Nath, J., & Beebe, R., Eds. PDS and Community Schools. (pp. 191 – 217). Information Age Publishing.
• Silver, P. and Schaff, R. Building Technology at an Urban School through a PDS Partnership [lecture], ISTELive25, July, 2025
• Silver, P. and King, M. Behind the Scenes of an Apprenticeship Program [lecture], National School University Partnerships, Anaheim, CA, March, 2024
• A Systemic Functional Linguistics framework analysis of community college English essays of resident second language writing as compared with monolingual English and international student writing from non-credit bearing classes [lecture], Symposium of Second Language Writing, Tempe, AZ, October, 2023
• A Linguistic Look into Differences Among Types of Developing Writers [lecture], College Reading and Learning Association, November, 2023
• Enhancing Multilingual Learner STEAM: A PDS Partnership and the MEER Grant [lecture], National Association of Professional Development Schools, Jacksonville, FL, March, 2023
• The GEER Grant and our PDS Partnership: Notre Dame of Maryland University and John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School [lecture], National Association of Professional Development Schools, Chicago, IL, February, 2022
• Teacher Book Clubs: Examining the Refugee and Resettlement Experience[lecture], National TESOL Conference, Online, March, 2021.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

• The North American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association
• TESOL International Association
• ​​​​​​​Maryland TESOL

Awards

• NDMU SSND Mission and Ministry Leadership Award, 2024
• Maryland Adult and Continuing Education Leadership Award, 2018
• ​​​​​​​Association of Academic University Leadership Award, 2017