Adopted January 10, 1996

To prepare professionals in teaching, counseling and leadership who demonstrate the capacity and willingness to continuously improve schools and related entities so that they become more effective with their clients by:

• Becoming more caring, humane, and functional citizens in a global, multicultural, democratic society

• Improving the human condition by creating positive learning environments

• Becoming change agents by demonstrating reflective professional practice

• Solving client problems through clear, creative analyses

• Assessing client performance, creating and executing effective teaching, counseling and educational leadership, by utilizing a variety of methodologies reflecting current related research

• Utilizing interdisciplinary scholarship, demonstrating technological, and critical literacies, and effectively communicating with all stakeholders