Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission

The mission of the University of Washington Tacoma Education program is to prepare ethical and reflective educators who transform learning, contribute to the community, exemplify professionalism, and promote diversity.

Vision

Educate. Empower. Excel.

Values

Education Program faculty and staff exhibit integrity by upholding the values of:

Knowledge: Our discovery, development, and dissemination of scholarship that informs theory and practice
Service: Our beneficial contribution to the community
Professional Excellence: Our dedication to helping teachers and leaders to help children as we advance the profession of education
Justice: Our ability to create and advance economic, social and educational opportunities
Diversity: Our commitment to understand and respectfully engage the complexity, multidimensionality, and strength of race, ethnicity, class, culture, language, gender, sexuality, age, intellectual ability, physical ability, and religion.

Program Goals:

The Education Faculty will:

1. Promote and support social justice.

2. Promote and support diversity.

3. Engage in outstanding faculty scholarship.

4. Provide innovative and high quality teaching.

5. Collaborate with communities and schools and provide service in the field.

6. Provide educational offerings that meet professional and regional needs for high quality, rigorous, and accessible educational programs.

7. Support interdisciplinary education.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon graduation students in the education program will be able to:

1. integrate theory, research, ethics, and experience to identify best practices for the populations they serve.

2. develop an integrated philosophical framework that clarifies and guides educational practices including teaching, evaluation, support, intra and extra community development, and professional role.

3. provide evidence of an ongoing commitment to support communities in and out of school settings.

4. demonstrate an ongoing commitment to professional growth both in regards to content as well as pedagogical and professional practice.

5. demonstrate strategic decision making for the betterment of the classrooms, schools and communities of which they are part.

6. actively participate in organizations that work to enhance the professionalism of school workers and the betterment of children’s and communities’ welfare.

7. develop a reflective practice that addresses the needs of historically and emergent disenfranchised groups.

8. Respectfully address in professional practice the complexity, multidimensionality, and strength of race/ethnicity, class, culture, language, genders, sexualities, age, mental/physical ability, and religion.

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