Dr. Mirelly Buitrago-González believes students should be the focus of any educational institution. She believes an educational experience should provide an optimal learning environment that promotes students' physical, emotional, and mental health. It should also integrate values like honesty, respect, and kindness. Academic services should be aligned with open access and quality service according to policies and procedures. Professionals should act as facilitators using assessment, technology, and creativity. Language education should include cultural experiences and correct use of linguistic and phonetic components, integrated with technology, research, and effective teaching strategies.

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DRA. MIRELLY BUITRAGO-GONZÁLEZ, ED.D.
Educational Philosophy
During the past thirteen years, I have held various academic and administrative
positions in the area of student services and simultaneously I have worked as a professor.
This wonderful experience has provided me the tools to offer quality educational services
to the students. I need to express before presenting my educational philosophy, that my
driving force to provide instruction are the students themselves since they represent the
essence behind all educational services.
It is fundamental to reaffirm that the student is the reason of being of the
educational institution and its source of inspiration and improvement. Therefore, the
educational experience involve not only a wealth of knowledge and responses to specific
needs, but also the opportunity for students for an integral growth that includes personal
development in their competencies and their transformation into excellent human beings.
The integration of values such as honesty, respect, empathy, commitment, responsibility,
credibility, communication, participation and kindness should be the axiological basis for
the academic services in the educational institution.
The educational experience should provide an optimal environment in which
physical, emotional and mental health is promoted among students to facilitate the
learning process. This can be achieved by providing a wide variety of services and
activities that support and complement the academic programs. The academic services
must be aligned with a philosophy of open doors and easy access to ensure optimal
development opportunities as well as quality service that are in compliance with policies
and procedures. Within the framework of academic services, the professionals are
proactive facilitators for this purpose and this is why it is important to integrate the
assessment, technology and creativity to every action and educational experience. As
Spanish professor, I believe that the educational process should be accompanied of
diverse experiences that include the cultural component and the correct use of the

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linguistic and phonetic components, so that promoting the teaching and learning of a
second language with integrated technological environments, research and teaching
strategies are important and effective for proficiency in the languages.