In this article, the Education Studies Department (ESD) at Berea College shares lessons learned while becoming an inclusive, justice-focused, and democratic Education Preparation Program (EPP) together with its “Community of Teachers” (CoT). ESD values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI+B) and democratic relationships. These values influence how we do our work. We begin by sharing how the theoretical framework of Community of Practice (CoP) frames our case study. After explaining how a CoP applies to ESD’s approach to educator preparation, we give an overview of Berea College. We share some of its history and its eight Great Commitments. We detail how ESD is a unique EPP compared with other more traditional EPPs. Next, we chronicle the story of how ESD “walks its talk” and invests in the teacher profession. We detail the participants of the case study, outline our methodology of the case study, and share the data we analyzed for this article. Data were analyzed and three emergent themes were discovered about the praxis of ESD: (a) community-engaged and justice-focused teacher preparation, (b) community building within teacher preparation programs, and (c) diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The article concludes by sharing implications for EPPs and a conclusion.

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言出必行：在美国南部的教育者准备项目中建立“教师社区”


在本文中，伯里亚学院的教育研究系 (ESD) 与其“教师社区”(CoT) 分享了在成为包容性、注重正义和民主的教育准备计划 (EPP) 过程中获得的经验教训。 ESD 重视多样性、公平、包容性和归属感 (DEI+B) 以及民主关系。这些价值观影响我们的工作方式。我们首先分享实践社区 (CoP) 的理论框架如何构建我们的案例研究。在解释了 CoP 如何应用于 ESD 的教育者准备方法后，我们对伯里亚学院进行了概述。我们分享它的一些历史和八项伟大承诺。我们详细介绍了 ESD 与其他更传统的 EPP 相比如何成为一种独特的 EPP。接下来，我们将记录 ESD 如何“言出必行”并投资于教师职业的故事。我们详细介绍了案例研究的参与者，概述了案例研究的方法，并分享了我们为本文分析的数据。对数据进行了分析，发现了关于可持续发展教育实践的三个新兴主题：(a) 社区参与和注重正义的教师培训，(b) 教师培训项目中的社区建设，以及 (c) 多样性、公平性、包容性和归属感。本文最后分享了对 EPP 的影响和结论。