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Mission Statement


Our Vision

The University of Missouri-St. Louis 21st Century College of Education, as part of Missouri’s public, metropolitan, land-grant, research university, will be a leader in developing educators for instructional, leadership, research and other roles in traditional and non-traditional learning communities. The College is a collaborative teaching and learning environment for educators and is committed to significantly advancing the quality of teaching, learning, and research as it serves a dynamic, technologically advanced, and diverse metropolitan community.

What We Believe
  • Education is necessary and valuable for enhancing the lives of individuals and for improving society by examining, creating, and sharing knowledge.
     
  • Effective educators understand, embrace, and celebrate diversity.
     
  • Effective educators recognize inequities and act in ways that bring about social justice.
     
  • Effective educators use diverse, culturally responsive strategies to provide for the individual needs of all learners.
     
  • Effective educators practice and model ethical behavior.
     
  • Effective educators practice and model active research and seek external support for that research.
     
  • Effective educators use technology to increase student engagement and expand learning opportunities for all learners.
  • Reflective educators make decisions about best practice informed by existing and emerging research.
     
  • Successful learners and effective educators engage in self-reflection, critical inquiry, and creative endeavors.
     
  • Active engagement is vital to learning.
     
  • Continuing research is essential to inform practice, enhance the community, and advance the professions and the mission of the university.
     
  • Partnership and collaboration among educators, other professionals, parents, students, and the community at large are essential to the learning process.
     
  • Lifelong learning and professional development are critical to the efficacy of educators and the community in a constantly changing world.
     
  • An organization’s structure must be consistent with and supportive of its vision.

Our Conceptual Framework

The University of Missouri, Saint Louis College of Education prepares educators for the challenges they face now and in the future. The Conceptual Framework, and Knowledge Base upon which it is built, expresses our commitment to engaging in multiple contexts, working with diverse individuals and communities, promoting and supporting social justice, developing and working in collaborative partnerships, and promoting and engaging in quality educational practice. In these ways, we create a dynamic relationship between what the student knows and the integration of new understandings, recognizing that this understanding comes about through social interactions, critical inquiry, and reflection.

Our Work

Our Vision, Beliefs and Conceptual Framework are evidenced throughout our work. This work is specified in the various documents defining the College’s Curricula, Standards for Performance, Strategic Plans, and Assessment Systems. These elements are housed in the following:

  • The Futures I and Futures II Reports,
     
  • The Student Guidebooks for our programs,
  • Our course syllabi, and
     
  • The OPIS data analysis system

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