School of Education, Teaching, and Health at American University

The School of Education, Teaching & Health Vision and Mission Statement

The faculty of the School of Education, Teaching & Health contributes to the development and support of socially responsible and change-oriented education and health professionals and the motivation for theorized professional practice.

At the center of this mission is a belief in a democratic society. As such School of Education, Teaching & Health is dedicated to the development of critically literate, reflective, caring, highly skilled professionals, who through advocacy research, and the development of programs predicated on the principles of participation and equity, contribute to social change and the promotion of a socially just society in a linguistically and culturally diverse, rapidly changing, and increasingly technological world.