KSOE Mission, Vision, Values and Goals
The Kalmanovitz School Education at Saint Mary’s College of California is a top graduate school in the Bay Area to offer credential, master’s, and doctorate degree programs in counseling, leadership, and teacher education. We empower students to lead change according to the principles of social justice and the common good through shared inquiry, collaborative learning, and community engagement.
Our Mission
The KSOE is a student-centered learning community that inspires excellence and innovation in counseling, education, and leadership. Through the practice of shared inquiry, collaborative learning, and community engagement, we empower our students to lead change according to the principles of social justice and the common good.
Our Vision
The KSOE is committed to fostering an accessible, student-centered learning community that co-creates a transformative education, welcoming students of all backgrounds. Our graduates will become visionary leaders in their respective fields, guided by our shared Lasallian values of social justice, respect for all persons, and quality education to create a more just and equitable world.
Our Community
KSOE Gaels are resilient, persistent, and motivated. We approach challenges with empathy, humanizing advocacy, compassion, and strength in the knowledge that we are an empowered community. We are here for a reason: to connect with amazing faculty, staff, students, alumni and community partners; bond with exceptional learners and leaders in our chosen fields; advance careers and expand horizons; and transform the social and professional spaces where we live and work. We belong here. We know the road ahead will not always be easy but we know that together in community we will navigate through change and achieve our vision. It’s what we do as members of the KSOE community.
KSOE's Driving Themes
⮚ Academic and Educational Excellence
⮚ Lasallian Charism & Pedagogy
⮚ Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness & Belonging
⮚ Transformative Learning
⮚ Responsive and Nimble Innovation
The KSOE has determined Four Strategic Goal Areas through which we will achieve our academic vision.
Goal 1: Embody Academic and Educational Excellence
The KSOE will be known in the SF Bay Area region for its high quality, student-centered, humanizing academic programs and robust educational community that inspires excellence, develop culturally competence, and nurture professional skills and leadership.
Goal 2: Cultivate and Sustain a Community of Belonging: Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness & Belonging (DEIB)
The KSOE will be known for first-rate, innovative programs, partnerships, and initiatives that humanize students’ educational experience, and ensure an equitable, accessible education for our students and community.
Goal 3: Be an Innovative and Nimble Professional Learning Community
The KSOE will be known as a professional learning community where change-makers gather and are formed, and for innovative programs that reflect and respond to the evolving needs of the communities we serve.
Goal 4: Promote Lasallian Charism and Pedagogy
The KSOE will be a leading partner within the tradition of Lasallian Charism, Spirituality and Mission in the formation and training of Catholic Lasallian K-12 educators, counselors, and organizational leaders.
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