Each program of the School of Educational Leadership and Change will operate by these principles:

• Continuous, open, authentic and instructive dialog will be the basis for the transformative learning process.
• Programs will create a balance of the elements of theory and constructive action.
• Students will learn to become scholar-practitioners according to well-articulated standards of excellence and competence.
• Faculty will facilitate and support collaborative learning and serve as models of scholar-practitioner contributing relevant work in their fields.