Session III

Concurrent Sessions

Session III

Thursday, January 28 | 1:45 pm – 2:45 am

Where are our Values? Where is Social Justice?

Ravi Bhatt

Yanira Campos

According to Rest’s Neo-Kohlbergian Approach, we know that individuals are well along their pathways of moral and ethical development during our student’s time in undergrad and far beyond that. With this in mind, we will be discussing the importance of values and value-based decision making in multiple capacities. We will begin by looking at our values as student affairs practitioners. In doing this, we will be able to gain a better understanding of our closest values. After this, we will determine our top values and will move into a recognition of what our values mean for our work and how it aligns with institutional and student values. From here, we will recognize the social justice impacts of our work and the relation to the values that we practice. Lastly, we will discuss the important recognition of how our values dismantle systems of oppression. Overall, our goal is for our attendees to gain a better understanding of their personal values and be able to utilize them in practicing strong social justice change within their respective positions.

Finding the Rhythm between Thinking and Doing: Learning How to Reflect

Jillian Volpe-White

Kathy Guthrie

Julie LeBlanc

Experiential learning is essential for engaging students in learning about values-based leadership, and reflection is at the heart of experiential learning. Action and reflection have to coexist. If we spend too much time doing without thinking, we risk spinning our wheels or repeating mistakes. On the other hand, too much time thinking without taking action can lead to missed opportunities for using knowledge and skills. This session focuses on finding the rhythm between thinking and doing through considering how we learn to reflect. Join us for dialogue about what it means to be a reflective practitioner and supporting students in reflective leadership learning.

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