{"id":76,"date":"2018-03-26T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/cstl\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:51:33","slug":"mission-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-stem-education\/mission-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission &amp; Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mission and vision<\/h1>\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Our mission is to have a deep and lasting impact on science and STEM education and educators in Arizona and beyond through all of our degree programs, scholarly activities, innovative STEM partnerships, and a variety of non-degree programs and services.<\/p>\n<h2>Vision<\/h2>\n<p>We seek to be an international leader in STEM education by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>continuing to strengthen first-time secondary science and mathematics teacher preparation through our nationally recognized undergraduate NAUTeach program;<\/li>\n<li>helping to alleviate science teacher shortage by providing initial secondary science teacher preparation to college graduates and career changers through our MAT-S master\u2019s degree program;<\/li>\n<li>continuing to offer professional learning opportunities including early career induction support, professional development, and graduate degree programs for STEM educators;<\/li>\n<li>maintaining a rigorous research and evaluation agenda in STEM education;<\/li>\n<li>continuing to provide STEM-focused coursework, thesis research support, and mentoring for STEM educators in the PhD program;<\/li>\n<li>continuing to support, strengthen, and advance the work of the Center for STEM Teaching and Learning (CSTL), which offers a wide variety of research, evaluation, professional learning, and outreach programs aimed at developing school-wide leadership and capacity building in STEM education; and<\/li>\n<li>continuing to partner with and provide leadership for local, state, national, and international and initiatives for ongoing advancement and improvement of STEM education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact Department of STEM Education<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:STEMeducation@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact Department of STEM Education: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">STEMeducation&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                        <a href=\"tel:928-523-7160\" aria-label=\"Contact Department of STEM Education: Telephone Number\" title=\"Telephone Number\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-phone\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Call:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-phone\">928-523-7160<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission and vision Mission Our mission is to have a deep and lasting impact on science and STEM education and educators in Arizona and beyond through all of our degree programs, scholarly activities, innovative STEM partnerships, and a variety of non-degree programs and services. 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