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CAHA 502: Professional Educational Philosophy


Josiel Marrufo
Northern Illinois University
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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

of attaining an educational degree.

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. 3) Be economically conscious of funding. 4) Provide equal effort of development to all

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

community. According to NASPA, integrity is the commitment to high moral principles


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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.

The second component to my philosophy is the ability to keep a student centered

perspective and maintain a respectable relationship with the students that you are affiliated with.

Relating to students is a huge component to my philosophy as they will be my source to current

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.

An additional business component of my philosophy was included because many times in

the adult and higher education field, we are limited to resources that can best assist our

underrepresented student population. Being economically conscious is a new component that I

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

supported by the inclusion principal acknowledged by NASPA. Ensuring access, opportunity,

space to voice an opinion, and participation of all levels are ideologies that are important to me

and to my philosophy.

My personal philosophy is an attempt to create a more inclusive perspective with an

emphasis on the struggles of the underrepresented student through educational empowerment. I

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

action committed in this field is in the best interest of the student.


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References

National Association for Student Professional Administrators. (2016). Advancing leadership,

shaping change. (N.D.). Retrieved from: https://www.naspa.org/about

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