Mission
The mission of American College of Education is to significantly improve P-12 student performance by enhancing the teaching effectiveness and leadership skills of public school educators.
Goals
The goals of the American College of Education are to:
- maintain a cooperative online learning environment by providing comprehensive support and interactive services for all students.
- provide the highest quality online educational programs for educators.
- prepare highly qualified educators to meet the challenges of education in a changing society.
- proactively identify, acquire and maintain college resources to support the vision, mission, and goals of the college.
- continuously improve our processes and operations to reduce costs and increase value.
- improve organization and infrastructure to ensure great support and service for students, faculty, and academic partners.
- improve governance structure to involve all stakeholders; operate with a high degree of ethics and integrity in all operations.
Conceptual Framework
To achieve these goals, Education for RESULTS has become the overarching theme for the College's conceptual framework. In turn, the framework informs the design and development of the College's operations and instructional practice to ensure that our graduates will positively impact our nation's K-12 students.
| R | Relevance We believe the ultimate measure of our candidates' mastery of competencies is demonstrated through application in real-world settings; all learning must be relevant to the work and challenges our graduates will experience in their schools. |
| E | Evidence-based We believe that effective decision-making, curriculum development, instructional delivery, and assessment must be purposeful and evidence-based and lead to improved student achievement. |
| S | Student-focused We believe our graduates must display a passion for the success of their students and serve as change agents in their school districts. |
| U | Unity and diversity We believe in creating partnerships with high-need, urban school districts to ensure effective teaching for all students, resulting in improved achievement and ultimately closing the achievement gaps between diverse groups. |
| L | Leadership We believe all educators, whether teachers or administrators, must serve as leaders with their students, colleagues, and communities to create and cultivate school cultures of continuous improvement. |
| T | Technology We believe that our graduates will use state-of-the-art instructional technology to prepare their students for success in an increasingly complex technological society. |
| S | Systemic Change We believe that leading systemic change requires a comprehensive and collaborative process that is focused on student learning, school-wide and classroom instructional practices, and system-wide operational and continuous improvement systems. |
