Student Development Principles Checklist
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StudentDevelopmentPhilosophy.pptxStudent Development Philosophy
Elizabeth Collins-Bray
EDU 654 Student Development in Higher Education
Instructor: Deborah Naughton
3/8/19
Training session for a new team of academic advisors
Introduction of the new advisors to university student's affairs department’s
mission
goals
student development philosophy
Introduction to the training
I would like to welcome all the new advisors to our student's affairs department, and I am going to take you through the training about our department.
The student's affairs department in Louisville is majorly concerned with the welfare of the students .
This department functions to provide an outstanding services to the students while they are undergoing their studies in the university.
The department is working very hard with the support of other departments in the university so as to be the best university in the world with the good student's affairs program.
The following are some of the roles of the department:
Provide an excellent learning environment for the students
Guiding and counselling the students
Provision of scholarships
Provision of solutions to student problems
Students affairs mission
Our mission is to provide the students with effective services and development opportunities that augment their academic experience and enhance the quality of their lives while enrolled at the University
These opportunities and services provided are very important to the students as they enhance their development as the try to achieve their goals ,be good leaders and also be able to face the real world with courage.
This student's affairs department is doing its best to realize its mission .
The student's affairs program from the past years has brought a good impact to the students as most of the students have:
Developed good leadership
quality of life of the students in the university has improved so much,
most of the needy students have also been catered through the provision of fully funded scholarships.
The student affairs department’s goals
To provide quality services that meets the students needs
To promote tradition and enhance a sense of purpose
To Enhance the students learning and attaining success in their academic life
To Inspire a good campus life and engaged student governance body
To Offer guidance and counselling to the students
To award and recognizing the achievement of the students
Student development philosophy
This department has the responsibility of knowing the needs of the students and providing them with guidance in order to perform excellent in their academics.
The professionals in the student's affairs should always provide guidance and counselling to the students from the time the enter the university until the time the graduate.
They should also monitor the students individually and get to know their potentials and develop such potentials so as to achieve academic success.
conclusion
This training was so important to our new advisors as it would make their work easy next semester in this department and they are welcomed to work with us.
This training is always done to any new advisor who comes to our department. The new advisors should be aware of our mission which is the backbone of our student affairs department and we should always work together as a team to realize also the goals of the department .
this department is gaining fame day to day fame in this university and we should maintain that
Lastly, I take this opportunity to thank all the new advisors for taking their time to attend this training.
Reference
Chu, G., & Chai, X. (2018, February). Thinking and Practice of" Student Oriented" Educational Philosophy. In 6th International Conference on Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (SSEHR 2017). Atlantis Press.
Nicholls, G. (2014). Professional development in higher education: New dimensions and directions. Routledge.
Joseph Mbembe, A. (2016). Decolonizing the university: New directions. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 15(1), 29-45.
Buckingham, C. (2017). Education. In HLM50+ Towards a Social Architecture (pp. 226-253). Routledge.
Patton, L. D., Renn, K. A., Guido, F. M., & Quaye, S. J. (2016). Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice. John Wiley & Sons.
