MISSION/VISION STATEMENTS/DEPICTIONS
Teacher Leaders
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Advocate
Change agent
Collaborate
Creative abilities
Critical thinking
Diversity
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Meeting needs of “each and every” child
Openness/appreciation
Vision: Why need our own? Basically uphold UNI’s vision.
The Teacher Ed program contributes to UNI’s vision by preparing tomorrow’s teachers.
Mission: Our role in reaching UNI’s vision. Short and concise, not the details. Framework: details, core values, audience, roles, goals, tasks, and
planning. ALL CONNECT TO MISSION
UNI has an enduring commitment to cultivating effective, engaged, influential educational leaders.
TEACHER DISPOSITIONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS, and TEACHER ED “BASES”
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Lazarus Adua, Emily
Borcherding, Kevin Droe,
Deb Gallagher, Alex
Oberle, Leigh Zeitz
 Empower others
 Values diversity
 Adaptability
 Values student centric
learning
 Empathy
 Positive view: self,
others
 Resilience
 Positivity
Barbara Baker, Katheryn
East, Scott Ellison, Lynn
Ensworth, Melissa
Heston, Rick Vanderwall
 Curiosity
 Creativity
 Passion
 Open heart and mind
 Persistent
 Diligent
 Perseverance
 Empathetic
 Advocate
 Wisdom
 Thief
 Able to deal with
ambiguity
 Change agent
Rob Boody, Chad
Christopher, Donna
Hoffman, Amy Lockhart,
Kim Miller, Wendy Miller
 Lifelong learner
 Collaboration skills
 Reflective
 Leader
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Content pedagogy
Teacher identity
* Sociopolitical context
of education *
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Communication
Goal setting and
decision making
Organization skills
Classroom
management tools
Calculated risk taking
Collaboration
Ability to get outside
the box
Advocacy
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Global knowledge and
connections
Strong language skills
Classroom
management
Subject area
knowledge
Conceptual and
philosophical
background
Optimizing tech-based
opportunities & human
learning
Tech savvy
Optimize 1:1
computing learning
environment
Problem-based
learning
Interacting with parents
and peers
Authentic learning
Organization
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Content pedagogy
Teaching for
understanding
Cultural competency
Classroom
management
Student engagement
Lesson/unit planning
Assessment
UDL (universal design
for learning)
Differentiation
Technology
Sue Alborn-Yilek, Nadene
Davidson, Mary DoneganRitter, Bob Martin, Brandy
Smith
 Self-respect
 “Confidence”
 Tolerance
 Respect
 Advocacy for others
 Care
 Concern
 Empathy
 Humility
 Visionary
 Innovation
 All that others before
us have shared.
 View all through
positive lens
 Child development
foundation
 Understand
typical/atypical
development and how
to address
 Content knowledge
 Real world – global
Deb Deemer, Tolif Hunt,
Rick Knivsland, Lori
Miller, Chris Opsal
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Each/every child’s
living “context”
How to acquire
knowledge of what to
do with it (problemsolving)  temper with
judgment
Technology
Adaptations “on the fly”
Use of assessment
data
Aesthetic awareness,
beauty/meaning
Ethical sensitivity
Love/caring
Larry Escalada, Catherine
Miller, Kyle Rudick, Marcy
Seavey, Beth Van
Meeteren
 Whole-heartedness
 Open-mindedness
 Responsibility
(Dewey)
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Understanding of
context: individual
difference, poverty
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Communication
Fostering students’
aspirations and agency
Cultural competence
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…of pedagogy
…of content
…of pedagogical
content knowledge
(Shulman)
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What you need to do to
convey the three
“knowledges”
Take care of selves
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Classroom
management
1:1 learning/teachingcoaching
Collaborative teaching
arrangements
Formative/summative/
authentic assessment
n/a
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Model dispositions and
make explicit
Teacher wellness
UNITEF connected to
real schools
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Valuing the LAC
Supported field
experience
Rigor
Connected curriculum
Effective advising
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Communications - on
all levels
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Supportive
environment from
recruitment of
candidates through life
– join UNI family
Opportunities to take
risks within supportive
environment
Staff model all we want
from students
Strong L.A. core
Service opportunities
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Other
“I can” statements
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UNI alumni network
and events
PD for UNI faculty on
holistic teaching
PD for UNI faculty on
Teacher Ed curriculum
alignment
Recruitment of
teachers of color and
teachers with
disabilities
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Pedagogy nested in
institutional nested in
cultural