PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY

My professional philosophy involves purpose, intention, and integrity that is led by examples. It embraces diversity in its entire spectrum, it understands changes, and it is adaptable to all aspects of development. It advocates the cultivation of systematic and critical thinking skills, as well as promote active learning through personal and collaborative exchanges that provide proactive access to an array of resources. It supports competence among individuals and groups through direction, feedback, critique, referral, and guidance by developing and supporting strategies that take into account self-knowledge and the needs of others. It also aligns social justice, diversity, and learning, including the utilization of virtual resources and technology to meet and support students’ needs. It’s driven on the practice of social responsibility which seeks to carry out equity in the distribution of resources, to meet the diverse student group’s needs, and raising social consciousness that includes students and the community in a larger context.

This philosophy also promotes challenges and supports students and colleagues by establishing rapport, recognizing the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations. It embraces the need to be aware of the use of referral sources and skills in order to seek expert assistance when needed. It also facilitates reflection in helping to make sense from student’s experiences, groups, colleagues, and others, by maintaining an appropriate degree of confidentiality to protect students, faculty, and staff while following applicable laws and institutional policies.

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Additionally, initiates and exercises intervention strategies to respond to processes and procedures by collaborating with other departments, as well as external community organization/agencies and other institutions in higher education, so as to address students’ holistic wellness needs in a comprehensive and collaborative way. An important perspective in my philosophy is that it embraces teaching and learning processes that engage advisor/student relationships to promote academic success.

This philosophy promotes respectful interactions and an achievement-oriented culture that contains good results in enhancing students’ social and emotional competencies. It also incorporates my learning experiences that reflect team leadership models that focus on values such as respect, discipline, integrity, excellence, hospitality, acceptance, diversity, and implementing new practices. It advocates students’ rights and the importance of engaging students in active learning, ethical practices, effective management of resources, and networking. In other words, my philosophy seeks to make a difference in students’ lives holistically leading achievement and overall success.

Through this philosophy, I understand the value of developing true integrity in the higher education field. The important role that educators play in student’s life by supporting and assisting the student body to develop their intellectual, psychological and practical competency skills to their full potential, by using appropriate nonverbal communication, facilitating problem-solving, individual decision-making, and goal setting strategies that help students make decisions related to their education, career, personal life experiences, and implement short and long-term goals while contributing to the betterment of our society.