The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 impacted not only how students in our public and private schools were taught, but also how the professors prepared preservice teachers to become future teachers. Striving to build a community of practice among a new cohort of M.A.Ed-Elementary Education preservice teachers, faculty worked collectively to transition from face to face to virtual instruction, selected materials that encouraged hands-on learning, adapted assignments to allow for the building of community among our students, and built positive relationships with students to allow for open lines of communication. Though we felt like we were building the bridge while crossing it, the ultimate goal was to form a cohort of preservice teachers that supported one another as a community during the transition to an online learning environment while managing the challenges of both the in-person and hybrid field placements.