This week I was invited to the National Convening on Clinical Practice in teacher preparation in Washington, DC. The event brought together university and P-12 partners from around the country to grapple with questions of how to implement new models for clinically based teacher preparation. My home institution, Montclair State University’s College of Education, is one of 11 institutions participating in the Teachers for a New Era: A National Initiative to Improve the Quality of Teaching. Panels and working sessions drew from findings from cross-site visits to three TNE Learning Network universities with distinctive clinical practice programs— Arizona State University, Indiana State University, and Montclair State University—as well as research and promising practices from the field. These 2 days in Washington DC highlighted promising practices in clinical experiences for teacher candidates at a number of innovative programs around the country. I particularly appreciated the opportunities for cross-site sharing around critical issues and innovations in clinical experience, including P-12 partnerships, assessment strategies, and preparation of cooperating teachers. My contribution is as course coordinator for the Public Purposes of Education—the urban field-based pre-requisite course for MSU’s secondary teacher education program.