The Education Division seeks to produce reflective, problem-solving professionals who demonstrate their competencies in areas adopted by the Missouri State Board of education for teaching, school administration, and counseling. The Education Division’s goal is to assist educators to become autonomous individuals who are self-directing, self-motivating, and self-modifying. Because they are experimenting and experiencing, they are constantly learning. Autonomous educators work both as individuals and as part of an organization; they are both independent and inter-dependent. (Costa and Garmston, 1994) Alignment of MBU’s competencies to state and national standards documents is included in Section VI, with additional detailed information