Learners and educators must be prepared to face these changes and challenges in the 21 st century. The School of Education undertakes this quest by informing, guiding, and mentoring students through its programs, policies and practices in order to prepare students to grasp, implement and commit to the essence of connection in achieving societal and educational goals. The School of Education at St. Bonaventure has chosen as its professional semiology, the wheel. This graphic projects a dynamic concept depicting our assumption that education is the essence of connection. Everything in education is connected - teaching, learning, counseling, curriculum, grades, methods, physical plant, parents and community et al.
Education is viewed as a collection of parts which interact with each other as a whole.
The circular framework is grounded in wholeness, not fragmentation. We believe the educator is the essential key and facilitator to the overall educational schemata. Whether as teacher, counselor, specialist, coach or administrator, the educator plays the pivotal role as the link between theory and practice, and as the bridge to the student's journey to the wonder, excitement, and joy of learning. The hub of the framework is the inner wheel within which revolves culture of fundamental values and beliefs and the undergraduate core and professional curricula. The direction an educator takes depends ultimately on a set of values and compelling beliefs.