SAILS: School of Education Conceptual framework

SAILS (Scholarship, Attitudes and Dispositions, Integrity, Leadership, Services) is the metaphor through which our values, beliefs and dispositions are revealed. It is the Conceptual Framework that ties coursework, field experiences, and faculty-student-teacher interactions together. It is what informs our practice. 

SCHOLARSHIP: is an essential ingredient to becoming a lifelong learner. All Teacher Education Candidates will:

• Demonstrate the content knowledge needed to teach an academic discipline.
• Demonstrate the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach an academic discipline.
• Plan for effective instruction
• Assess student performance and incorporate that assessment into planning and teaching.
• Successfully use technology to support learning. 

ATTITUDES and DISPOSITIONS: influence behavior. What candidates do is consistently influenced by what they believe.

• Value Diversity
• Reflect on job performance
• Engage in self-assessment
  
  

INTEGRITY: provides the ethical framework that guides our actions.

• Act in a professional, ethical and moral manner.
• Demonstrate honesty and empathy both professionally and personally.

LEADERSHIP: is the responsibility of teachers, counselors, coaches as well as superintendents and principals.

• Appreciate the interconnectedness of the relationships of students, teachers and parents.
• Engage in critical thinking.

SERVICES: is a sense of caring, and giving to others.

• Contribute time and expertise to community in which s/he works, lives or learns.