Historical Information
Located
on the campus of the University
of Northern Iowa (campus
map), Malcolm Price Laboratory School provides one of
the nation's outstanding settings for clinical teacher education
and research at the early childhood, elementary, middle, and
high school levels. As a part of the College
of Education, the Laboratory School is a vital part of
the University of Northern Iowa. Both elementary and secondary
divisions are accredited by the North
Central Association Commission. 
This certification means
that the Laboratory School meets the high standards set by
the Association for academic programs, learning materials,
student needs, student interests, staffing, and facilities.
The Laboratory School serves as an attendance
center of more than 375 students living within the
Cedar Falls/Waterloo metro area.
For the 2007-08 academic year,
25.8% percent of the student body are drawn from diverse
cultural and ethnic minority groups. The programs of the
Laboratory School encompass the UNI
Child Development Center. Children from the age of
six weeks through grade twelve are offered a rigorous academic
curriculum and comprehensive activity program. Due to the
Laboratory School's high commitment to diversity, the instructional
program reflects an array of multicultural opportunities
and activities. For instructional
purposes, elementary and secondary school divisions are organized
departmentally with each being responsible for the development
and delivery of the instructional program. In addition, the
middle level is organized in interdisciplinary teams. The
staff of approximately seventy professional educators hold
university faculty status including tenure, rank, and salary
privileges.
Professional responsibilities of Laboratory
School faculty include, but are not limited to, the delivery
of the instructional program; management of a clinical laboratory
setting for university students enrolled in the teacher
education programs; original curriculum development and
dissemination; research design, development and publication;
and consultation and leadership for the schools of Iowa.
Laboratory school faculty work closely with university colleagues
and many teach courses in other university departments.
History
of PLS on Rod Library Web Site
