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My Educational Philosophy
My personal philosophy contains four critical components that align well with the
principals valued in the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA). These
components are used to build and improve my perspective to better assist and encourage
development to all students in adult and higher education. As I continue to have a critical
multiculturalist point of view throughout adult and higher education, I believe my philosophy
helps welcome students of diversity and students that are facing social justice issues. My passion
to become a valuable professional in the adult and higher education field stems from the
understanding of current issues revolving racism, poverty, unjust educational systems, and the
ridiculously large amount of young adults, that happen to be of color, being incarcerated instead
The four components to my philosophy are as follows: 1) Have a passion to advance the
development of the college student. 2) Become student centered and actively engage with
students. My four components combined the principals abided by the NASPA community will
allow me to continue my philosophical development that can be effectively used by other student
affair professionals.
The most crucial component to my philosophy is the ability to learn what your passion is.
Identifying a passion can be a difficult task for any student regardless of past educational
experiences. A passion cannot be assessed by anyone else other than the student. I proudly
believe that it is my responsibility to help a student understand and identify what their passion
might be. This component goes along with the principal of integrity represented by the NASPA
exhibiting authentic, honest, just and ethical behavior. I believe once you have a passion for the
work you are doing, all of the traits of integrity can be accomplished.
perspective and maintain a respectable relationship with the students that you are affiliated with.
issues in adult and higher education. I believe innovative strategies can happen when the student
and professional work together for a common cause. Being an active member to the campus
community will help the ability of innovation to take place while maintaining the best interest of
our students. Innovation within the underrepresented student community is especially necessary
when considering issues pertaining to racial tension on campus and the lack of support of
undocumented students to mention a few. The collaboration of the student and professional can
ultimately create innovative strategies to address the social justice issues that surround them.
the adult and higher education field, we are limited to resources that can best assist our
believe many higher education professionals lack when it comes to spending university funding.
Being transparent to the financial allocation process is very important so that a professional in
our field can get a better understanding of how to manage their financial resources. Our
underrepresented community has a high rate of low-income students and every dollar should be
accounted for and justified to better serve all students, and especially those in most need.
The final component to my personal philosophy is the simplest one of all, providing
assistance to all students. In my experience I have learned that universities are extremely
segregated by race, sexual orientation, and among other categories. It is easy to get comfortable
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with students when only dealing with a specific group, but we as professionals, must become
more comfortable when speaking on sensitive issues. Also, this component is aligned and
space to voice an opinion, and participation of all levels are ideologies that are important to me
and to my philosophy.
hope to create an inclusive philosophy that can be used as a tool to inform and encourage all
students while trying to relate to those students that do not feel they have a voice or a sense of
community. Not all students are the same, but many times, students share similar obstacles and
barriers from the broad pools of racism, lack of diversity, and initiatives filled with interest
convergence. Ultimately, professionals in higher education are seen as role models, mentors,
advisors and we must learn how to appreciate the influence we carry by assuring that every
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