Mission Statement                        Accreditation

The College of Education’s mission is to serve as the unit with major responsibility for developing, implementing and administering the University’s programs and activities related to professional education in the Colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences.

College of Education’s Theme:
All Candidates Can Succeed in Helping all Urban Students Learn

We believe that all children can learn, and we prepare teachers for classrooms in urban or “hard-to-place” schools (where recruitment and retention of high-performing teachers are a problem) to help all urban children learn.

We also believe that all candidates are lifelong learners and can be prepared as knowledgeable and competent teachers who will succeed. Success is ensured through five core themes that serve as the philosophical foundation for our institutional standards; these themes: 1) incorporate partnerships 2) utilize comprehensive assessments, 3) are contextualized, 4) integrate technology in the curriculum and delivery of instruction, and 5) are standards driven (PACTS).

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