Core Values and Conceptual Framework

The Mission of the Oklahoma State Professional Education Unit is to prepare professional educators who facilitate life-long learning and enrich the quality of life for people in public schools and other educational settings. The Professional Education Unit’s conceptual framework includes core values listed below and emphasizes content knowledge, diversity and service.

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Leadership

We prepare Candidates who are committed to the belief that professional educators providing quality education are the foundation of a prosperous and democratic society.

 

Ethics and Professionalism

We prepare Candidates who demonstrate ethical and professional behavior in their interactions with students, families, colleagues, and communities, and practice social justice.

 

Academics and Professional Roles

We provide opportunities to prepare knowledgeable Candidates who reflect upon the connections between academics and their professional roles as related to the following areas:

• Content knowledge
• Integration
• Human growth and development including special populations
• Learning environment
• Technology
• Teaching/professional practice and assessment

 

Diversity

We prepare Candidates who believe everyone deserves the opportunity to learn and can learn; they possess knowledge, skills, and dispositions to serve as effective professionals who understand and meet the needs of a diverse society.

 

Service Orientation and Community Outreach

We prepare Candidates who value and engage in service and meaningful involvement of the learners/clients, their families and communities.

 

As a School Partner, your role is to collaborate with the Professional Education Unit to:

• Provide leadership for our Candidates during their internships to improve the quality of education to enhance economic development in Oklahoma, the nation and the world.
• Model a culturally diverse, intellectually stimulating and dynamic community and be a leader in innovative practices in your educational setting; and
• Immerse our Candidates in the learning community and provide opportunities  for them to develop and demonstrate competence in the professional roles for which they are preparing and to assist the Professional Education Unit in;
• Being recognized  as a leader in the professional education community;
• Advancing  knowledge and practice through creative and critical research; and
• Educating Candidates to be lifelong learners, and intellectually and ethically prepared to serve and lead in an increasingly complex, global society.