The author discusses factors considered on how to become a teacher educator. Most colleges and universities consider the academic alliance of teaching, scholarship, and service to be an interdependent trilogy. Some institutions place more weight on one area than another. In many universities, teaching is the area of emphasis although the other two elements of scholarship and service are still considered quite important and are not separable from the primary focus on teaching. The three primary areas of faculty life at the university level are as follows: (1) Teaching; (2) Scholarship; and (3) Service. Teaching: Public school teachers and university professors have the same major responsibility--teaching students (Grant & Murray, 1999). Scholarship: At many universities, research, writing for publication, and presenting at conferences have everything to do with promotion opportunities and, sometimes, tenure. Service: Public school teachers and administrators are no strangers to the giving of themselves for the students they serve. There are related areas of the teaching-scholarship-service triangle that should be considered in contemplation of moving from basic to higher education. Among them are portfolio and performance evaluation. There is a decidedly limited amount of information on making the move to teacher education in the professional literature. Therefore, a promising route to follow to learn more about this transition is to connect with someone in higher education.