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Mission

We collaborate with our community to develop highly effective educators using coursework rooted in equity pedagogy, critical thinking, and research based learning and teaching strategies. We actively engage in the identification and elimination of inequities* in our schools and communities as a strategy to promote the health of children, families, and educators. 

*By inequities, we mean unfairness or injustice related to group identities. This includes individual, cultural, or structural limits based on race, language, gender/gender identification, class, citizenship or veteran status, sexual orientation, age, ability, and religion.

Vision

We act as part of an inclusive community where all children, families, and educators are valued and respected and offered engaging opportunities to succeed.

Core values

• Justice  – elimination of equity gaps; education that nurtures our community emotionally, intellectually, physically, and academically
• Respect – for each person’s unique worth, dignity, and culture
• Humanity – education promotes a fulfilling life, as well as future employment
• Reflection – the cyclical process of praxis (theory-action-reflection) as an essential teaching strategy
• Universal Design for Learning – classroom experiences that offer learners multiple ways to engage with the content and multiple ways to demonstrate what they know 
• Professionalism – adherence to community, state, and national standards of professionalism, ethics, and best practices in teacher education

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