Mission Statement, Vision, Core Values

MISSION STATEMENT

We are a passionate educational community committed to excellence, impact, and continuous improvement through life-long learning in our local and global society.

VISION

We will be a premier leader in education recognized for its commitment to diversity, innovation, identity, professional leadership, and dedication to access for each and every learner. Our ambition is driven by the pursuit of knowledge, respecting experience, and realizing new forms of engagement.

GOALS

Provide an engaging, relevant, high-quality academic experience. Develop environments, systems, and resources that support creativity, innovation, research, and scholarship. Build collaborative synergies with schools, learning centers, and agencies. Establish efficient, effective, and well-managed systems to maximize fiscal, human, and physical resources.

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CORE VALUES

COLLABORATING WITHIN AND ACROSS DIVERSE CONTEXTS

We demonstrate the skills, experience, and mindsets (professional dispositions) to work within and across the multicultural and increasingly technological contexts of the 21st-century global society. We work collaboratively within and across diverse communities at the university as well as locally, nationally, and internationally. We conduct our work in a professional, fair, and ethical manner to promote the learning, health, and development of all students and clients.

APPLYING SKILLS TO IMPACT LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

We strive to positively impact the learning and development of all children in schools, individuals within agencies and higher education, and clients receiving health care or counseling. We engage in effective planning; develop measurable outcomes; thoughtfully differentiate instruction/care; personalize professional practice; appropriately assess for understanding and growth; interpret data accurately and use findings in decision-making; reflect on practice; and embrace as well as readily employ emerging technologies.

LEADING FOR EXCELLENCE

We model to students the values, attitudes, and skills necessary to act ethically and effectively as leaders in their professions. Our students exhibit and encourage communication excellence, professional dispositions, and positive pro-social behaviors. Not only can our students demonstrate competency in evidence-based decision making. they also articulate how people work and interact together within an organization and identify the ways in which individual actions impact different systems.

LEARNING THROUGH INQUIRY, EXPERIENCE, AND REFLECTION

We value and strive for pedagogical, professional, and scholarly practice that is premised on research-based evidence, personal reflection, and authentic experience in our professions. We exhibit the characteristics of curious learners and are able to identify connections that exist across other disciplines. Our behavior, habits, and speech are respectful and supportive of the knowledge, activities, circumstances, and experiences of those we work with and serve.