CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DISPOSITIONS

Students enrolled in the Campbell University's School of Education are encouraged and expected to operate under the following dispositions  as students, as representatives  of Campbell University while visiting the local schools, and as graduate practitioners:

1. to be accepting of others from diverse backgrounds (diverse including,  but not limited  to, race, ethnicity,  special needs,  tolerance of minority beliefs,  and non-native  speakers)
2. to be proactive and take initiative  (by focusing on developing problem solving and critical thinking skills  necessary to recognize  and act upon areas of need)
3. to be collaborative  and collegial practitioners  (by developing skills  in how to work together as professionals to achieve professional goals)
4. maintain a professional understanding of current issues and trends in education (introduction to professional organizations  at both the state and national levels and how membership  can promote professionalism beyond the degree and initial licensure)

Students have multiple opportunities to learn, practice and exhibit these dispositions through a plethora of professionally based experiences. Professors work with students to practice developing these dispositions while teaching in the classroom, while serving as academic advisers, while  serving as visiting university supervisors, and as colleagues.  These experiences  provide a continuously powerful base of probable interactions that can take place at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  It is expected that you will demonstrate these dispositions continually and consistently throughout your program of study.  Failure  to do so may result in your removal from the program.