We outline below our vision of the ultimate outcomes of our work and the action principles which must guide each and every one of our endeavours if we are to achieve our vision. In our daily efforts to achieve our vision the three categories form a dynamic interaction and are ultimately indistinguishable in practice. Together they become an explicit statement of our values and the moral purpose of our endeavours. Our vision of teacher education begins with students and families and the kinds of experiences we want them to have in schools, the kinds of teachers with whom they will work, and how we want them to be treated. When policies become ends in themselves, they limit learning and learners .
Education is a conversation among powerful people about powerful ideas.
Meaningfulness, connection to society, and support for learning are essential standards for instruction. To become teachers who embody this vision is a life long process. We prepare teachers who know how to learn from teaching through helping our students construct knowledge, skills, and dispositions through six inter-related program themes. These themes, if we are to be successful, must run through every class, every experience, every interaction our students have with the program. If teachers are to respect and understand how students make sense of the world, they have to understand and respect how they themselves make sense of the world and why.