Improving Communication Plan Flashcard

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Which of the following adjustments to Mr. Gerrard's current communication plan improves its effectiveness? Identifying the purpose of each avenue of communication to ensure clarity of the intended messages, Evaluating each stakeholder group's need for social networking pages in order to determine whether the pages promote best instructional practice, Increasing the frequency that stakeholder groups receive surveys to once a month to ensure that the data are used to improve instruction, Including frequent opportunities for one-on-one interaction with parents and community members in multiple settings

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Identifying the purpose of each avenue of communication to ensure clarity of the intended messages

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After reviewing the walk-through data he collected during his weeklong observation of kindergarten classes, Mr. Lin notes that student 1 is repeatedly displaying inappropriate behaviors in the classroom and on the playground. Which of the following is the most effective next step for Mr. Lin to take to ensure consistent expectations for student 1? Options: Meeting with the teacher and student to discuss the challenges the student is having when attempting to make good choices at school, Researching best practices for supporting young children who display patterns of oppositional defiance to strengthen their academic performance, Working with the teacher to create a behavior folder system that documents appropriate and inappropriate behaviors and is sent home daily, Facilitating collaborative development of an individualized behavior plan with more intensive interventions to improve the student's social skills

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Facilitating collaborative development of an individualized behavior plan with more intensive interventions to improve the student's social skills

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Mr. Jackson and the school leadership team use the data collected to help inform decisions during the site-based budgeting process. Which proposed expenditure is most aligned to the current needs of the school's science program? Options: Providing training and resources for hands-on investigations and student-led exploration to ninth-, tenth-, and eleventh-grade science teachers, Redesigning existing extracurricular science clubs to appeal to and engage students in lower-level science classes, Purchasing interactive science e-books to help teachers incorporate virtual self-paced labs that emphasize key science concepts, Requesting that the central office allocate funds for hiring additional teachers with experience teaching college-level biology, chemistry, and physics

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Providing training and resources for hands-on investigations and student-led exploration to ninth-, tenth-, and eleventh-grade science teachers

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Based on the principal's walk-through notes, which recommendation should Mr. Kim make to Ms. Nunez when using Mouse Shapes to support this geometry lesson?

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Clarify how the book can activate students' prior knowledge of 2-D shapes and discuss how they can be used to create common 3-D shapes.

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By creating the posters, Mr. Ocampo primarily shows that he understands the importance of providing specific verbal feedback that reinforces appropriate behavior and academic engagement.

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providing specific verbal feedback that reinforces appropriate behavior and academic engagement.

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The data analysis should lead the team to put which of the following actions in place immediately? Determining whether the existing advanced-level courses meet their intended program goals, Analyzing whether the instructional materials used in advanced-level courses contain more complex content than standard science textbooks, Asking teachers of twelfth-grade courses to recommend changes in course content and assessments for eleventh-grade science courses, Having teachers regularly collaborate using assessment data to identify struggling students and provide timely intervention

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Having teachers regularly collaborate using assessment data to identify struggling students and provide timely intervention

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Which probing questions could Ms. Melendez use to best focus Ms. Whitehorse's instruction on improving students' answers to the open-ended question? Options: Are spelling and grammatical errors affecting students' ability to receive high scores; how can you reinforce students' proofreading skills? Are students using the text to support their claims about the characters; how can you help students recognize relevant textual evidence? How well do students understand the motivation behind characters' actions; what strategies help students build their skills in making inferences? Are students losing focus on the question asked in the prompt; will prewriting help them better organize their thoughts?

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Are students using the text to support their claims about the characters; how can you help students recognize relevant textual evidence?

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What school-wide goal is the best initial step for a school designated as "in need of improvement" in information literacy due to a curriculum that is not rigorous and challenging? Options: collaborative learning activities, oral and written communication skills, differentiated instruction, higher-order questioning skills

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oral and written communication skills

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What question should Ms. Mabrey ask to guide the conversation with the 5th grade reading teachers during the PLC workshop?

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What similarities and differences do you notice in the TEKS strand across grade levels?

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The principal of an elementary school is leading the staff in revising the school's mission statement for the upcoming year. What is the most important consideration when creating the school's mission statement? Options: teacher skills and experience, previous mission statement, data-driven planning analysis, student demographics

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data-driven planning analysis