About Us

Mission

Our mission is to develop highly professional educators who are lifelong learners, reflective thinkers, and ethical leaders exemplifying the ideals of literacy, scholarship, and social justice in a diverse and ever-changing world.

Vision

The Northwest Education Unit will prepare and recomment for certification highly qualified professionals to meet the challenges of diverse schools of the region, state and nation and will provide faculty development for birth-12 educators and adults. The Unit will accomplish this by:

Maintaining high expectations for those entering the profession confirmed through multiple measures of classroom performance.
Placing a growing emphasis on preparation of teachers in partnership with the Horace Mann Lab School and in collaboration with our professional development schools and a commitment to continuing collaboration with all stakeholders (parents, students, current educators and state and federal education agencies) in the preparation of the next generation of educators.
Increasingly close collaboration with urban professional development schools, enabling our students, faculty, and curricula to be impacted by and to interact with the urban school environment.
Exploring powerful means to emphasize character education and to elicit ethical conduct by all professionals.
Integrating technology in a thoughtful and authentic manner.
Preparing students to make informed curricular and instructional decisions which empower students, including those with unique learning abilities to be responsible members of society.
Making continuous efforts to provide necessary resources to achieve this vision.

Northwest Missouri State University

About Us

Mission

Vision