The Texas Forum of Teacher Education

The Texas Forum of Teacher Education, a publication of the Texas Association of Teacher Educators, is a refereed journal. Articles in the journal are directed to both campus-based and field-based Texas teacher educators.

TxATE members, including graduate students, are encouraged to submit manuscripts.

Views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of the editors or of the Texas Association of Teacher Educators.

ISSN 2166-0190

2024-2025 Forum Editorial Team

Managing Editor
Becky Fredrickson

Editorial Board

Karen Dunlap

Laura Trujillo-Jenks

Sarah McMahan

Amanda Hurlbut

THE TEXAS FORUM OF TEACHER EDUCATION CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS & PUBLICATION GUIDELINES

TxATE Forum Call for Proposals for 2025 TBA

Fall 2024 The Texas Forum, Volume 15

Table of Contents:

FORWARD, VOLUME 15

By: Sarah McMahan

ENCOURAGING TEACHER CANDIDATES TO BE RESPONSIBLE, ORGANIZED, AND READY

By: Rebekah Piper, Karen Kohler, Robin Kapavik, and Michael Mary

THE edTPA EXPERIENCES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER CANDIDATES

By: Sharon Rice and Amber Wagnon

JOURNEY FOR CRAFTING EXCELLENCE: WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATOR STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS FOR RURUAL EDUCATORS

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Mikyung Shin, Amy Clifton, Teri Bingham, Betty Coneway, & Crystal Hughes

TEACHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP FOR IMPLEMENTING A UNIVERSITY/DISTRICT/COMMUNITY STEM PARTNERSHIP

By: Leslie Huling

MENTORS, MODELS, AND MIRRORS: CULTIVATING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE OF CLINICAL TEACHERS

By: Sonja Ezell & Deborah Williams

MINDFULNESS AS CURRICULAR PRACTICE IN BORDERLANDS HIS TEACHER PREPARATION: NURTURING GREATER AWARENESS OF SELF AND WORLD AMONG EMERGENT TEACHERS

By: Yvette Angeline & Pauli Badenhorst

TEACHING IN TRAUMA

By: Abbie Strunc & Debbie P. Price