St' Johns University School of Education

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St. Johns UniversitySchool of Education

• Center for Educational
• Leadership Accountability
• Comprehensive Digital Portfolio Defense

Maria Isabel Castro
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Digital Portfolio gives you an idea about me,
personal and professional

• Learner
• Courses lectures, readings, projects
• Expert
• Present position
• Presentations
• Scholar
• Theorists
• Research Questions
• Possible Proposal

• Personal
• Interests
• Family
• Professional
• Vitae
• Goal
• Philosophy

"Coming together is a beginning.Keeping together
is progress.Working together is success." Henry
Ford
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Coming together is a beginning.
This is the beginning.
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Coming together is a beginning.

• Experiencing St. Johns Doctoral Program
• Professors caring, nurturing
• Cohort 04 individuals with varied experiences
• Theorists experts

This is the beginning.
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Keeping together is progress.

• Leadership

Articulate
Vision
Collaborative/ cooperative
Goals
Focused
Leader
Recognizes the talents of individuals
Decision maker
Responsible
Lifelong learner
Individual commitment to a group effort-that is
what makes a team work, a company work, a society
work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
Diagram is an illustration adapted based on the
work of the Blue Ribbon Panel on the School
Leadership sponsored by the New York State
Education Department, October 2001
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Individual commitment to a group effort-that is
what makes a team work, a company work, a society
work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
Keeping together is progress.
Sharing Knowledge
Developing a Sense of Belonging
Valuing Individual Talents
Respect/Trust
Caring Relationship
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Keeping together is progress.

• Proposed Research Topic
• Problem Statement a great number of 9th graders
  express negative connection to peers, school, and
  learning. There is a need to promote
  relationships based on mutual respect, trust,
  collaboration, and support to create a
  cooperative organizational climate and culture.
• Gathering information Review Literature
• Promote a sense of belonging or engagement
  based on mutual respect, trust, and collaboration
• Create a cooperative school climate
• Support students through an engaging curriculum

DRAFT
Individual commitment to a group effort-that is
what makes a team work, a company work, a society
work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
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Keeping together is progress.

• Research Design Methodology
• Quantitative
• Sample of heterogeneous 9th graders,
  approximately 100 students out of 780, 9th grade
  teachers, and all building administrators.
• Quality of School Life survey designed to
  measure students reactions, describe and monitor
  the conditions of school life
• Organizational Climate Descriptive Questionnaire
  for Secondary Schools a survey composed of five
  dimensions. Two dimensions describe the principal
  behavior and the other three focus on teacher
  behavior
• Quantitative
• Interview three students ELL, a student who
  scored either a 2 or 3 on the NYS Mathematics and
  ESL assessments, and the third student who scored
  a level 4 on the assessments.

DRAFT
Individual commitment to a group effort-that is
what makes a team work, a company work, a society
work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
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Working together is success.

• A sincere thank you to all my professors who have
  shared their knowledge, nurtured, and encouraged
  me.
• Professor Jonathan Hughes, Ph. D.
• Professor Frank Smith, Ed. D.
• Professor Kevin McGuire, Ph. D.
• Professor Korynne T. Dunlop, Ed. D
• Professor John Tarter, Ed. D.
• Professor Rita Dunn, Ed. D.
• Professor Joan Hughes, Ph. D.
• Professor Roxanne Mitchell, Ed. D.

Individual commitment to a group effort-that is
what makes a team work, a company work, a society
work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi