The SOE Vision

The School of Education will provide quality, innovative educational programs, which will maximize each student's full potential in today's changing technological society. Each student will be prepared to meet the demands of a professional career in either an educational or business and industry environment and the challenge of life-long learning in an information-driven world. Faculty in the SOE program have a shared vision of what the program should be and can become and practice the program's core beliefs.

Core Beliefs and Values

The SOE Core Beliefs and Values are divided into three critical areas-our beliefs about program content, the teaching and learning environment, and our faculty and staff.

About Program Content:

• Successful schools, businesses, and organizations want to hire graduates who have been exposed to the most current technologies, thinking and practice in their chosen discipline.
• To be recognized as a leader, our graduate and undergraduate programs will anticipate and exceed the changing expectations of our stakeholders.
• Our graduate programs serve as the source of future leaders in the state, nation and world.
• Our programs produce enthusiastic, imaginative, and technically-talented individuals who can compete in a national marketplace.
• Existing and new programs offered by the SOE must be innovative, flexible, competency-based and responsive to business and industry and our student needs.
• Successful organizations listen to their customers and our students are our primary customers.

About the Teaching and Learning Environment:

• By utilizing a variety of instructional modalities and a learner-centered approach to educational delivery, learning will improve for all students.
• Facilitated by technology, high quality distance education can span time and space by offering accessible and flexible programming to our students and stakeholders.
• A stimulating educational experience creates a life-long quest for learning in each student.
• The type of learning communities modeled at the university will be replicated by program graduates in businesses, organizations and schools throughout the world.

About Faculty and Staff:

• Faculty and staff must continually update their skills to remain current in their respective practice.
• Faculty routinely utilize teams, collaborative learning practices and strive for continuous improvement the teaching/learning process.
• Faculty and staff must work as a team, exhibit a passion for their job, share an enthusiasm and joy for teaching and learning, and be committed to serving students.

SOE Vision & Core Beliefs

2002-2003

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