Each component of this theme clarifies a significant issue relating to our purpose of preparing professional school personnel. Learning, in the broadest sense, is the essential goal of all of our programs. Our graduates need to have learned the conceptual and practical aspects of teaching, counseling, leadership, and service. Equally importantly, however, we ensure that our graduates prepare their students to be learners throughout their lifetimes. Learning must be able to occur in many contexts.
Teaching is more than preparing lessons for classrooms.
Lifelong learning occurs in many contexts other than the school and in different contexts within the school. Educators need to encourage and teach their students to capitalize on each and every opportunity in which learning can occur. To accomplish this objective, our programs must be creative and our graduates must be able to work in creative ways. Teaching is a creative process that requires professionals to reach success with each and every child. All children will learn only when we stress the criterion of effectiveness in all we do.