Inclusive, equitable communities require constant attention to the nature of relationships among teachers and students. CSU-Pueblo students will be prepared to participate as learners and teachers in overlapping and expanding learning communities from the university classroom to K-12 settings, the professional education community, online communities, and cultural, economic, and political communities of students and their families. To become beginning teachers, students must change their perceptions of themselves as learners and as students of teaching. As CSU-Pueblo students progress through the program, they will skillfully assume a variety of roles, including those of master learners, instructors, collaborators, apprentices, role models, coaches, colleagues, and mentors. It is the mission of the CSU-Pueblo teacher education program to prepare teachers and learners of quality and distinction by exposing students to quality communities of teaching and learning.