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Responding to the needs of students and families in California, Saint Mary’s sought to cultivate an anti-racist pedagogy and cultural humility for future teachers. To do so required faculty to reimagine the traditional Liberal Studies curriculum that has historically been the route for undergraduates pursuing careers in teaching and to develop an entirely new curriculum. As the sphere ofK-12 and higher education changes, and the demand for teachers continues to grow in the state, it is critical that teacher education programs are dynamic and responsive. They must be leaders in training for social justice.  \nKeywords: social justice education, community engagement, undergraduate teacher education, curriculum development  \nAILACTE Journal 9  \nSpencer and Fitzgerald  \nIf you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.  \n—Lilla Watson  \nAs students in the undergraduate major Justice, Community, and Leadership enter the program offices at the university, a poster with this quotation from educator and activist Lilla Watson serves as a daily reminder of their collective work as future teachers. A liberatory education praxis grounds the program and its commitment to developing transformative teachers with cultural humility, anti-racist pedagogy, and an equity lens that fosters humanizing classroom spaces. This approach to an undergraduate major, combined with the state licensure coursework, provides a comprehensive framework for teacher preparation that provides practical teaching techniques alongside theories for social change.  \nIn 2020, as the public grapples with the ongoing impact of societal inequity and systemic racism, a clear need for collective action towards social justice remains. K-12 teachers play a central role in advancing this commitment. Against this backdrop, today’s generation of new graduates face unique economic, political, and COVID-19 related challenges that lead to uncharted paths towards professions. Institutions of higher education must scrutinize the curriculum to ensure that programs in teacher preparation deliberately center equity, justice, and advocacy in institutional and pedagogical ways. At our Californian, missionbased liberal arts college, we strongly advocate for a program that can move forward with the urgent and complex landscape of today’s educational systems.  \nPreparing and retaining the teaching workforce perennially faces challenges. Both the most populous state in the United States and one of the most diverse, California remains a center stage for educational policy and reform in the United States (Public Policy Institute of California, 2020). Indeed, California’s vast geographic, linguistic, and economic variability makes it one of the most complex states in which to envision curricular innovation and reform. Thus, as California shows clear signs that the state is unable to  \n10 AILACTE Special Issue 2021  \nCentering Justice, Community, and Leadership  \nkeep up with the current demand for new teachers, attention is once again on the ability of teacher education programs to stay in sync with the needs of the field (Darling-Hammond, 2010).  \nWhile the states grapple with demand for K-12 teachers, higher education is also struggling with how best to serve college students in today’s unforeseen landscape. The purpose and value of liberal arts undergraduate education has become highly contested, as increased attention challenges the value of higher education for workplace preparation and succ","cbCaivQ4iKNFpz4p","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivQ4iKNFpz4p","pdf",165360,17,"English","# Abstract\n## Equity-focused teacher education pathway\n## Anti-racist pedagogy and cultural humility\n## Need for dynamic, responsive programs\n## Challenges in teacher workforce preparation","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the undergraduate teacher education pathway described in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on equity and social justice through an equity lens, anti-racist pedagogy, and cultural humility for future teachers.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Saint Mary’s College of California change its teacher education approach?\",\"answer\":\"Faculty reimagined the traditional Liberal Studies curriculum and developed an entirely new curriculum aligned with state licensure coursework.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the paper emphasize keeping teacher education programs dynamic and responsive?\",\"answer\":\"Because K-12 and higher education are changing and the demand for teachers continues to grow, requiring programs to deliberately center equity, justice, and advocacy.\"}]","Centering Justice, Community, and Leadership in Undergraduate Teacher Education | PDF",1792070971,43]