The Fresno Collaborative for the Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers is an NSF sponsored program aimed at recruiting and training outstanding math and science teachers for K-12 teaching positions in California's Central Valley. This multifaceted collaborative has held a summer physics modeling workshop for the past four years, in the same vein as Arizona State University's modeling instruction program. The results from two summers worth of interviews and assessments on modeling training indicate improved teacher comprehension of physics content as well as enthusiastic support from the participants in the modeling approach. Lastly, follow-up interviews with teachers have indicated that modeling instruction has greatly influenced their teaching styles and that they find their students more attentive and enthusiastic participants in their classrooms.