These outcomes represent the core courses in the GTE curriculum taken by all GTE candidates and are expanded further within each concentration area.
Scholarship: to acquire advanced knowledge through core curriculum and to organize and integrate that knowledge into professional practice.
Inquiry: to generate questions and to use critical thinking to self-assess, to view problems from multiple perspectives, to make informed decisions, and to engage in action research for educational change and student learning enhancement.
Professional Knowledge: to acquire advanced pedagogical and specialty area knowledge in order to create cultures of change and manage environments conducive to learning, setting high expectations and implementing appropriate instructional and assessment practices.
Communication: to develop communication strategies (verbal, nonverbal, and technological) that support collaboration and resourcefulness to advocate for self as teacher, colleagues, parents, and students.
Caring: to develop a nurturing spirit that advocates for students, encourages social and ethical responsibility, and promotes restorative peacebuilding in diverse settings.
Leadership: to act as a social change agent by working collaboratively to bring about fair and just systemic change within educational contexts.
Approved by COTE February 5, 2013