Foster leadership among educators;
Endeavor to improve the status of
educators;
Foster creativity and academic
excellence at all educational levels;
Support, extend, and interpret the
function of education in a democracy;
Demonstrate the power of competence
in the body of knowledge unique to the profession;
Stimulate, conduct, and utilize
research;
Accept responsibility for evaluation
and improvement of the profession of teaching;
Contribute to the solution of
educational, social, and cultural problems of national and
international concerns;
Promote professional interaction and
cooperation as a means to positive action.