Our Vision
The school’s mission is to act collectively and leverage our resources in ways that are driven by our Jesuit mission and responsive to our constituents’ needs. We strive to have measurable impact in schools and communities, particularly for those most affected by injustice.
Picking up the Pieces
USF grad and professor supports Half Moon Bay farmworkers and their families through hardship and heartache.
Strategic Priorities
The School of Education's (SOE) strategic priorities were defined by SOE faculty and staff through a collaborative process of exploration and imagination along four identified priorities:
- Supporting advancement and well-being of faculty, staff and students,
- Building institutional capacity for improved governance, communication and financial health,
- Strengthening the collective within and outside of the School of Education, and
- Amplifying our unique contributions within the field of education.
Our Community
- Deeper Community Partnerships
- Meaningful Service
- Social Justice Mission
Our People
- Student, Faculty, and Staff Well Being and Advancement
Our Institution
- Intensify Fundraising
- Clear Processes
- Shared Governance
Our Space
- Vibrant
- Collaboration
- Engaged Scholarship
Accreditation Renewed
We were awarded accreditation for the next seven years, the longest renewal period available. We will continue to offer all of its credential programs and may propose new programs as well.
Advancing Justice Through Education
Reading reality and analyzing possibilities at locations throughout Northern California.
- Systematic Striving
- Counter Hegemonic Practices
- Cura Personalis
- Critical Reflection
- Humanizing Frameworks
- Transformative Action
Outcomes
- Center for Humanizing Education and Research
- Institutional Capacity and Structural Support
- School and Community Partnerships
- United Vision and Frameworks
- Enhanced Governance and Communication