Portfolio Defense

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Portfolio Defense

• Stepping Stones to Membership in the Community of
  Scholars
• Jacqueline McPeake
• December 15, 2005

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Thanks to my committee members!

• Dr. Teresa Eagle, Chairman
• Dr. Michael Cunningham
• Dr. Jerry Jones
• Dr. Emily Meadows

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Program Introduction

• Starting Down the Path
• Background
• Personal Expectations
• Impediments/Advantages
• Goals of the Program

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Community of Scholars

• committed to creating a community of scholars
  through mentoring, engaging in collaborative
  research, and maintaining a focus on the practice
  of educational leadership.
• (Doctoral Handbook, 2005, p.4)

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Stepping Stones in Personnel Management
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Personnel Coursework

• Human Resource Management
• Personnel Management 620
•    Dr. Andrew Sikula

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Internship experiences

•    Personnel Internship
• Dr. Emily Meadows
• Personnel Director
• Raleigh County Schools
• Dr. Teresa Eagle
• Served as university supervisor

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Stepping Stones in Superintendency
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Coursework

• LS 700 Superintendency
• Summer 2004
• Dr. Jerry Jones

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Internship experience

•    LS 771 Superintendency
• Interned with John Curry and
• Nelson Spencer/Dave Severt
• one day each
• Dr. Powell Toth
• Served as university supervisor

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Other Significant Steps

• Doctoral Seminars
• Fall 2003, 2004, 2005
• Opportunity to Network
• Informational
• Mock Presentations

• Statistics
• w/Dr. Edna Meisel
• enrolled concurrently with
• Survey Development
• w/Dr. Michael
• Cunningham

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Mentoring Future Administrators

• Patti Zutaut _at_ Marshall Univ.
• Devell Williams _at_ West Virginia Univ.
• Tina Calfee _at_ Marshall Univ.
• Phyllis Newcomb _at_ Concord Univ.
• Becki Smith _at_ Salem-Teikyo Univ.

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Stepping Stones in Co-Teaching
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Teaching Experiences

• Dr. Jones
• LS 510-The Principalship
• Fall 2004

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Teaching Experiences

• Dr. Cunningham
• LS 600-School Personnel Administration
• Fall 2005

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Total of 277 email correspondences (3 weeks of
course to complete)
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Stepping Stones in Collaborative Research
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Writing/Research Component

• Dr. Teresa Eagle
• Appalachian Educational Laboratories (now known
  as Edvantia)
• Cross-Age Tutoring
• Submitted November 2005
• Reflection

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Concluding Thoughts

• Looking Back
• on the
• Pathway Traveled

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Thanks to My Family!

• Jeff
• Justin
• Jessica
• Nana