MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the School of Education is to prepare effective teachers who demonstrate the essential knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to promote student achievement.

The School of Education is committed to:

(1)   Developing leaders in education who have the essential knowledge, skills, and dispositions to make skilled, reflective decisions and who view student learning as the focus for their work.

 (2)   Motivating life-long learning to adapt to the evolving needs of a global society and its diverse populations through high quality programs based upon exemplary instruction, knowledge of content, emergent technologies, and relevant research.  

(3)   Developing candidates who accurately assess, reflect and make appropriate decisions about instruction resulting in achievement for all learners.  

(4)   Professional collaboration with families, schools, community partners, and others to improve the preparation of candidates and the effectiveness of practicing teachers.  

The School of Education endorses the mission statement of Georgia Southwestern State University and envisions its mission within the context of those principles.

                                                                                                                                            Revised 12/2006