Bayh College of Education
Vision Statement
Our College is a learning community where teaching and learning are enjoyable. Faculty and staff are constantly researching new methods and modeling the best pedagogical practices. A cooperative, supportive culture exists among the faculty within the College and across campus. Faculty members are chosen carefully and mentored well. We employ continuous improvement tools and philosophies on a daily basis, using data to make decisions and improve our instruction and processes in a timely manner. Students experience the genuine support they are getting from the faculty and staff, as it shows in their retention and achievement.
We have excellent facilities for our work. The layout of our physical space is conducive to effective communication and enhances the work we do. We have appropriate technology to support the teaching, scholarship, and service enterprise.
The sphere of influence of our learning community is growing. Our administrators, teachers, and human service professionals are recognized for their educational contributions, including outreach services to the children, individuals, and families as well as to schools and other agencies, meeting their needs and the needs of those whom they serve. Our faculty works collaboratively with schools and agencies to create rich, supportive, and healthy teaching and learning environments. Support for the mission is clear—the state wishes to increase its investment in what we do, alumni tell us how much they value their education, stakeholders and agencies seek our faculty for their expertise, granting agents seek us out, employers seek our graduates, increasing numbers of capable students desire an education with us, and we receive regional and national recognition for our achievements.
With stable and consistent leadership, our objectives are clear and our work flexible and agile as we organize ways to be most effective, requesting and receiving the resources needed. We are dedicated to promoting social justice, embracing diversity, fostering a spirit of inquiry, and supporting a commitment to excellence for ourselves and our students. As one coherent organization, our collegial team recognizes and achieves the full potential of working together as we take pride in our work and feel fulfilled.