As a counselor educator, I have worked to incorporate the lessons that my mother and grandmother taught me as I was growing up into my approach to pedagogy and my relationships with students and trainees. Part of that work has been to further develop these lessons through the examination of the work from leaders in the field, including their writing and personal guidance. Three of these influential guides for me have been Robert Greenleaf, Lennie Echterling, and William Perry.
As an educator and supervisor in the counseling profession, I accept the responsibility to not only develop and train the next generation of practitioners, but also leaders in the field. To this end, Greenleaf also notes that “a qualification for leadership is that one can tolerate a sustained wide span of awareness so that he better “sees it as it is.” As I take students along this path, may I embody these values articulated above in such a way as to inspire those in my care. May I cultivate an identity that projects servant-first leadership. May there be no question that my primary interest is that those in my care grow as persons, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, and more likely themselves to be servants. May this be so just as my mentors did it for me.
You can read my teaching philosophy, as well as two sample lesson plans below:
As an educator and supervisor in the counseling profession, I accept the responsibility to not only develop and train the next generation of practitioners, but also leaders in the field. To this end, Greenleaf also notes that “a qualification for leadership is that one can tolerate a sustained wide span of awareness so that he better “sees it as it is.” As I take students along this path, may I embody these values articulated above in such a way as to inspire those in my care. May I cultivate an identity that projects servant-first leadership. May there be no question that my primary interest is that those in my care grow as persons, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, and more likely themselves to be servants. May this be so just as my mentors did it for me.
You can read my teaching philosophy, as well as two sample lesson plans below:
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