Contents (Tentative)
Preface: Love and Teaching
Acknowledgments
Introduction: What?s Love Got to Do With It?
1. Teacher Education and Diversity: Information vs. Transformation
History of Diversity and Racial Equity in Teacher Education
Access to Higher Education for Students of Color Interested in Teaching
?The Overwhelming Presence of Whiteness? in Teacher Education Programs
Lack of Program Coherence
High Stakes Entry and Certification Exams
Recruitment and Retention of Teachers of Color in Hard to Staff Schools
2. ?A Story to Tell?: Who Are Minority Serving Institution Teacher Educators and Candidates?
Tulia
Jeanne
Rafael
Alba, Camila, and Elmira
Cortez
Dean
Kim
Seth
3. Changing the Narrative: What Does Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Look Like in Action
What Is Culturally Relevant Pedagogy?
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and MSIs
A Place of Hope and Healing: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy at Stone Child College
Every Step Forward Sea Con Paso Firme: Stories and Images of Teaching in California?s Central Valley
?You Can?t Sit Behind a Desk?: Visibility and Black Role Models at Jackson State University
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as Community Analysis
4. Belonging: Faculty Support and Cohort Models in MSI Teacher Education Programs
Like Family
?Not Just a Number?: Personalized and Holistic Faculty Care
Peer Leadership and Support: MSI Cohort Models
My Brother?s Keeper: Cohorts and Call Me MISTER at Jackson State University
?They Were Us?: Cohorts and The Mini Corps Program at Fresno State University
5. ?Home Grown?: Teacher Residencies and University-School Partnerships
So, What?s Wrong With Student Teaching?
?We Were There From the Beginning?: Fresno State?s Rural Residency Program
?Their Time in the Classroom Is Just as Important as Mine?: New Mexico State University?s Blocks Program
6. Where Wisdom Sits: Community Engagement
Home Visits
Community Service
Parental Education
Field Trips
Inquiry, Action Research, and Advocacy
7. Call to Action
Diversify the Teaching Profession
Integrate Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Expand Student Teaching and Clinical Practice
Recruit Former K-12 Teachers to the Faculty
Promote Cohort Models
Provide Wrap Around Candidate Support
Foster Community Engagement
Respect the Teaching Profession
Communicate Messages of Success
Consider the Importance of Love
Final Thoughts
Appendix A: The Study
References
About the Authors
