%0 Journal Article
%T Breaking Down Barriers and Building Bridges: Transformative Practices in Community
%A Robert E. Lee
%J Journal of Teacher Education
%@ 1552-7816
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0022487117751127
%X Attracting and retaining high-quality teachers is especially challenging in urban districts. It is in these communities where teacher candidates must begin their preparation. This article provides a conceptual framework and programmatic examples used to develop a community-based urban teacher preparation model within a third hybrid space where community scholars, school practitioners, and university faculty come together to create a ˇ°pipelineˇ± of community-minded teachers committed to teaching in their communities. Bridging the gap between content-based preparation at universities and culturally situated pedagogical training within the very urban classrooms where teachers are likely to be hired results in teachers with higher levels of self-efficacy, agency, and confidence. In turn, this positively affects teacher persistence, resilience, and higher rates of retention over time
%K urban teacher education
%K teaching context
%K social justice
%K recruitment and retention
%K partnerships
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022487117751127