To actualize our vision and mission, we engage with our students in the classroom and in the field to:
Truly listen to one another and see the world from different perspectives.
Recognize how race, ethnicity, class, gender, family, and context shape human values and experience.
Understand the relationship between students’ academic achievement and their emotional well-being.
Demonstrate dexterity in their use of curriculum theory, pedagogy, and assessment practices.
Create classroom environments that respect all students and meet the needs of all learners.
Conduct research with students, educators and school communities to generate new knowledge and strategies that contribute to the field.
Critically analyze and thoughtfully engage in conversations around current educational policies that impact teaching and learning in classrooms.
Develop professional dispositions that help them to recognize and utilize the “funds of knowledge” of culturally and linguistically diverse families and communities.
Teach and lead in a wide range of local, state, regional, national, and international settings.