*Model reflective practice through our own teaching.
*Facilitate students' professional
development at the initial and
advanced program
levels.
*Help students discern among multiple
modes of educational
practice, formulate
their own philosophical orientations based
on scholarly
inquiry, and enact approaches consistent with these
philosophical
perspectives.
*Promote coherent, dynamic, and robust programs.
*Foster programmatic and departmental coherence.
*Develop, pursue, and sustain clear,
dynamic, and programmatic lines of
scholarly inquiry.
*Produce scholarly artifacts that
meet rigorous standards of quality in
relevant fields.
*Share knowledge and expertise at
the instructional, state, and local levels of
professional
organizations and other constituencies.
*Support, develop, and retain new and existing faculty.
*Facilitate appreciation of and
commitment to cultural pluralism within
our programs,
profession, and society.