Prepare teachers and other professionals for leadership roles and advocacy in education-related settings, to engage in critical inquiry, to support and promote diversity, social justice and service, and to promote leadership to the profession, our communities, and society in support of student learning and development. Interrelate teaching, research and service. Model reflective practice through our own teaching, research, service and advocacy. Facilitate OU students' learning and professional development at the initial and advanced program levels. Help OU students discern among multiple modes of educational practice, formulate their own philosophical orientations based on scholarly inquiry, and enact approaches consistent with these philosophical perspectives. Promote coherent, dynamic, robust programs with collaborative university and community partners. Foster programmatic, departmental, college, and university coherence. Develop, pursue, and sustain clear, dynamic, and programmatic lines of scholarly inquiry. Produce and disseminate scholarly artifacts through critical inquiry that meet rigorous standards of quality in relevant fields. Share knowledge and expertise at the international, national, regional, state and local levels of professional organizations and other constituencies. Support, develop, and retain faculty through a collaborative departmental environment.. Advocate for diversity and social justice within our programs, profession, and society.