Unlocking the Doors

This chapter will explore how teacher educators support and create social justice-infused spaces with their respective programs. The authors explain how they re-centered equity and diversity by reframing and repositioning culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) in teacher education programs. A possible programmatic approach is shared to explain the different phases of integrating a culturally sustaining pedagogy, referred to as CSP+, with attention to intersectional subjectivities and a privileging of both ability and gender within equity frameworks. Alongside practical activities, and a step-by-step guide towards re-designing for CSP+, the authors consider both where and how to begin reconceptualizing teacher education towards justice, arguing for a department-wide approach.