You have decided to become an educator. What does it mean to be an educator? How should we define good education? How do race, gender identity, and cultural identification shape your language and thinking? In considering these questions, accept the invitation of Quaker Parker Palmer to open your heart and your mind, to discover your identity and integrity and to “awaken the teacher within”—not only within yourselves but also within your students. This course will also develop and reinforce candidates’ understandings of how to create and successfully participate in a community of learners. Rather than working in isolation, you will have ample opportunities to construct a culture of collaboration, both in and outside the classroom. In the process we expect you to learn and value consensus decision-making, which reinforces collaboration.