Chapter 6: The Importance of Supervision in Preparing Scholars of Teacher Education: One Student’s Transformative Journey

In this chapter, we examine the intentional experiences of one doctoral student as she progressed through her Teacher Education program. The authors identify and highlight four critical experiences that were instrumental in the transformation of the lead author from educator to teacher education scholar. Using these experiences as a foundation, the authors present a framework consisting of four key components, each situated within school-university partnerships and faculty mentorship. This framework is designed to assist those who work with future teacher scholars to consider as they design course-work, assistantships, and experiences in which doctoral students.