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Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

The conceptual framework of the education programs - Educator as Professional Decision Maker, Reflective Practitioner, and Adaptive Expert - articulates the multiple dimensions of these programs at Concordia University. The included visual model presents the components of the framework and communicates the relationships that the components have with one another. The model suggests a dynamic, interactive, energetic, and productive orientation to the preparation of professional educators at Concordia University.