School of Education

Goals

The goals of the School of Education are to:

• Provide high-quality faculty, programs and experiences aligned with state and national professional standards that prepare candidates to apply theory and research to practice in diverse school settings with all students.
• Support the enrollment and matriculation of capable, responsible, and diverse teacher candidates from recruitment to graduation.
• Use multiple forms of assessment data to improve program outcomes, and continuously improve learner outcomes.
• Promote involvement of Fisher teacher and leadership candidates, faculty and staff in active and visible school and societal improvement, change agency, and the advancement of peace-making and globally responsible citizenship.
• Apply faculty scholarship to promote teaching excellence, academic rigor, and the integration of service activities with teaching and scholarship.
• Support a continuously high level of collaborative decision-making based on the philosophical and conceptual frameworks of the curriculum with the deployment of faculty resources to best deliver the highest quality outcomes for teacher and leadership candidates.