An alternative program for the preparation of elementary teachers, based in part on the assumption that the development of human relations is part of the total learning process is described. The program incorporates the following special features: (1) It concentrates most of the professional training component into three full-time semester blocks taken one per year; (2) It correlates daily didactics with daily field experiences; (3) Each student becomes a member of a learning community in an elementary school; (4) The university faculty and the students form a learning community and function in an open space university classroom; (5) Specialized topics such as discipline, and values clarification, and humanistic, media, and career education activities are stressed throughout; and (6) A low advisor-advisee ratio allows for increased individualization of programming and opportunities for the development of close personal relationships. (JD)