From today's Education & ECE department retreat: A tentative stab at organizing our goals/hopes/wishes for students that go through our teacher certification program, in the form of "things our graduates should have, do, know, and be":

REFLECTIVENESS AND THOUGHTFULNESS
Inquiry/critical thinking/reflection/empowerment to seek questions as well as answers/self-awareness

PASSION FOR THE PROFESSION
Self-starter/curious/engaged/passion for teaching/vision/creative/life-long learning/joy

FOCUS ON LEARNERS AS PEOPLE
Diversity/respect/understand kids' thinking/caring/compassion/differentiated instruction/authentic/relevant/nurture/listen to kids/global consciousness/broad conception of assessment/developmental perspective/empowerment/students as designers of learning

KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCE
Knowledge (content and strategic)/awareness of and access to resources and tools/command of various literacies/big picture/command of language

PEDAGOGY
Class management/task management/broad range of pedagogical strategies/pedagogical connoisseurship/flexibility/planfulness/continual adaptation/knowledge of standards and professional practice

IMPACT ON SOCIETY
Social advocacy/agent of change/producer of education/citizenship/social engagment/social justice/subversiveness within constraints

PROFESSIONALISM
Taking responsibility/self-care/professionalism/duty/role-model in community/integrity

STYLE
Aesthetics/self-expression/"being who you are"/voice/style/attention to the learning environment (physical, social, technological, and intellectual)