Slide 2 1 St. Johns University School of Education Center for
Educational Leadership & Accountability Comprehensive Digital
Portfolio Defense Patrick Okafor Thursday, July 19, 2007 Slide 3 2
A search for greater personal and intellectual understanding
compelled me to cross the Atlantic Ocean and my flight ultimately
landed at St. Johns University, New York. Slide 4 3 Digital
Portfolio The portfolio is comprised of five sections, each
demonstrating a different aspect of the program: Personal
Professional Learner Expert Scholar Slide 5 4 Personal Folio
Wherever you see a successful business, someone else made a
courageous decision. ---Peter Drucker My lifes journey so far.
Slide 6 5 Professional Folio Performing a sacred duty for the
People of God on Gods own altar has remained an incredibly humbling
experience of grace The joy of being a professional surpasses every
other! It comes from the feeling of fulfillment of watching my
young students grow in knowledge; its sometimes baffling. Slide 7 6
Learner Folio A review of the courses studied in the program. Each
course has its own page highlighting notes, projects, papers, and
reflection/synthesis I wrote. The courses were divided into four
sections: Instructional Organizational Governance Accountability
Slide 8 7 Expert Folio An application of the learning; what I have
acquired in theory and how I have applied it professionally. I have
demonstrated my expertise in the following areas: Teaching Resource
Community Participation Application for Fund and Land Slide 9 8
Scholar Folio This outlines a review of my tentative Thesis
proposal, showing the potential impact of the program as well as my
future research activities. Posted here are: Reading lists Notes on
Theorists and Frameworks Possible Dissertation Topic and Potential
Thesis Proposal Slide 10 9 Heading to the final stop: The world is
a book, and those who do not travel read only one page St.
Augustine Slide 11 10 At the Parking Lot: Others have driven me,
directed me and flown me across the Atlantic in search of the
golden fleece, I think it is time I contributed to the growth of
others in an unbroken chain of the noble teaching tradition. Slide
12 11 Future Research Factors that contribute to the Academic
Achievement of Low Socio-Economic Status students in Anambra South
County, Anambra State Nigeria. Slide 13 12 PS Understand Outcomes
Factors Achievement Low SES background in Nigeria Slide 14 13 10
Schools TeachersParents SES Demographics Community 100 Students
Anambra 4 districts Setting Nigeria Subjects Slide 15 14 Data
collection Interviews Questionnaire SES Students Teachers Type of
Study Mixed Methodology Analysis Review Analyze Findings/
Conclusion Themes Patterns Discrepancies Instrumentation Slide 16
15 Vision Trust Collaboration Accountability Leadership The
Invaluable Assets Program Synthesis
