Dr. Joshua Einhorn Publishes in Issues in Teacher Education Journal

“Cultivating Critical Consciousness within Communities of Practice for the Recruitment and Retention of Black and Latinx Male Teacher Candidates,” co-authored by Dr. Shartriya Collier (Associate Dean, Nevada State College; Professor, CSUN Department of Elementary Education) and Dr. Joshua Einhorn Castillo (MDECOE Grants Officer) was published in Issues in Teacher Education (Fall, 2025).

Key findings include:

• Our study describes how one university facilitated the recruitment and retention of Black and Latinx males into our teacher education programs. Similar to existing research, the findings reveal that utilizing teaching as a tool of social justice designed to transform communities is a key motivator when exploring teaching as a possible career
• Teacher education programs designed to foster communities of practice must have a multi-tiered system of engagement where there is support for all members as they move from peripheral members to fully engaged members.
• There must be space for the organic nature of self-development to also be translated into co-curricular, collaborative, and critical spaces that ensure the growth and success of pupils in K-12 school and beyond.