"Outcomes" are the attributes and capabilities that the M.Ed. program intends to cultivate in its students.  Viewed as a set, they are a vision for excellence. A graduate of the M.Ed. Program is:

A Systems Thinker

• Perceives self as an educator participating within a larger system of education

• Demonstrates strategic awareness

• Looks for patterns and makes connections

• Sees how parts relate to the whole, including the implications of systems and organizational change

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A Communicator

• Proficient as a writer and as a presenter

• Capacity to work within groups to listen well, speak well, and co-author

• Able to collaborate and communicate in a range of modalities (face-to-face and online)

• Facile with technology, keeps current with emerging technologies and social media

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A Creative Problem Solver

• Situational awareness and leadership in identifying and defining challenges

• Thinks creatively to generate ideas and be open to alternatives

• Develops and implements plans for addressing problems and effecting change

• Is resilient in less-than-optimal circumstances

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Culturally Responsive

• Perceives the professional self as functioning within a global context of education

• Aware of the dynamics of race, class, gender, and the other cultural factors within community dynamics and intercultural communication

• Interest in, and capacity to perceive, multiple perspectives

• Self-aware of cultural perspective and privilege

• Capacity to serve as an agent for social justice