“…Incorporating their ideas and including them as co-inquirers, motivated them as Diamond and Powell (2011) found in their study. These findings aligned with other studies, too, that a community of practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991) that included a multifaceted professional learning experience (Burke, 2013;Bertrand & Marsh, 2015;Daniels, Pirayoff, & Bessant, 2013;Kronholz, 2013;Wilkie & Clarke, 2015) provided a safe space for learning, as teachers opened up and trusted each other and were vulnerable as they shared their ideas and practices (Anderson, Feldman, & Minstrell, 2014;Bertrand & Huguet, 2015) especially in learning how to teach language (Garcia, Arias, Harris, & Serna, 2010). Similar to these studies, participants in this study, validated each other, even challenged each other, but often with laughter and support.…”