About the School Our Mission
The mission of the Adrian Dominican School of Education is to promote academic excellence as it prepares caring, ethical, and highly skilled professional educators and counselors to teach and work in a wide range of culturally diverse learning environments. Sensitive and responsive to the diverse society in which they live and work, faculty in the School of Education strive to model lifelong learning and to foster critical and creative thinking in professional interactions with each other, students and the wider community.
The School of Education carries out its mission with particular attention to the core commitments of Barry University: Knowledge and truth; inclusive community; social justice, and collaborative service.
We are committed to continuous improvement through collaborative processes. Thus, we:
- Offer a comprehensive range of professional courses and programs to prepare leaders for the 21st century. In the fields of education, administration, counseling, instructional technology, and human resource development.
- Continuously update programs to reflect changing societal needs.
- Strive to nurture students to become highly accomplished professionals, living with integrity and leading with a sense of service and stewardship.
- Help students to successfully enter the professional working environment with confidence.
We are committed to promoting the University’s mission through teaching, advising, scholarship, research, and supportive service to the University, its students, and the local community.
The Adrian Dominican School of Education (ADSOE), offers contemporary programs designed to:
Meet current professional standards, including licensure and certification requirements
Provide knowledge and skills which enable graduates to practice in their career choices
Develop attitudes which encourage a life-long commitment to quality teaching and learning
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Meet current professional standards, including licensure and certification requirements
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Provide knowledge and skills which enable graduates to practice in their career choices
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Develop attitudes which encourage a life-long commitment to quality teaching and learning
Core Commitments
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Knowledge and Truth
Barry promotes and supports the intellectual life, emphasizing life-long learning, growth and development. The University pursues scholarly and critical analysis of fundamental questions of the human experience.
In the pursuit of truth, the University advances development of solutions that promote the common good and a more humane and just society.
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Inclusive Community
Barry is a global, inclusive community characterized by interdependence, dignity and equality, compassion and respect for self and others. Embracing a global world view, the University nurtures and values cultural, social and intellectual diversity, and welcomes faculty, staff, and students of all faith traditions. -
Social Justice
Barry expects all members of our community to accept social responsibility to foster peace and nonviolence, to strive for equality, to recognize the sacredness of Earth, and to engage in meaningful efforts toward social change. The University promotes social justice through teaching, research and service. -
Collaborative Service
Barry is committed to serving local and global communities through collaborative and mutually productive partnerships. The University accepts responsibility to engage with communities to pursue systemic, self-sustaining solutions to human, social, economic and environmental problems.
