In 1988, a Michigan State University College of Education task force began redesigning the teacher education program.  The Holmes Group Report, Tomorrow’s Schools, a document that urged universities to reconnect teacher education to schools and classrooms, influenced the new program that emerged.  The result is a three-year teacher certification program with the final year being an internship in a school.  One of the primary goals of our program is to develop a partnership between practicing teachers and teacher educators, working toward making meaningful connections between classroom field work and university coursework.