Principal Transition Planning

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Facilitating guided discussions with pilot teachers to identify what changes need to be made to the blended program to increase students' technology self-efficacy

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Collecting student achievement data to compare the performance of participating students to nonparticipating students and determining whether there are quantifiable improvements as a result of the program's implementation

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Which of the following is the most appropriate feedback from Mr. Kim regarding the teacher's use of content-specific vocabulary such as 'faces' when introducing the objects?

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Define content-specific vocabulary more explicitly to help students use it to understand new concepts and make connections to background knowledge

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What does Tier One of the pyramid depict regarding the guidance curriculum?

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The guidance curriculum is taught based on curricular content areas, student competency indicators, and developmental stages though differentiated learning activities with planned lessons for various sized groups of students.

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Which counselor's forms is assessed by surveying faculty, parents, administrators, and most especially, students themselves?

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Needs Assessment

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Which of the following questions most effectively guides the conversation about assessment? How does the assessment measure students' levels of misinterpretation and lack of background knowledge?, How are students required to use higher-order and critical-thinking skills to demonstrate their understanding of standards-based content?, How do questions address complex terminology that challenges students who are more advanced?, How do the scoring rubric and calibration strategy evaluate student knowledge and maintain consistency in grading practices?

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How are students required to use higher-order and critical-thinking skills to demonstrate their understanding of standards-based content?

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Based on the teacher and student surveys, which of the following is the team's best action for increasing students' preparation for advanced-level science courses? Options: Revising the twelfth-grade curriculum to devote the opening weeks of each course to reviewing the mathematical and scientific processes necessary to succeed in the course, Forming teams of teachers to review the depth of content in each advanced-level course to determine whether it exceeds the expectations of the standardized assessments, Expanding portions of the eleventh-grade curriculum in which students conduct lab and field investigations, analyze data, and communicate results, Increasing opportunities for students in all grade levels to participate in prestigious STEM-related student consortia, challenges, competitions, and symposia

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Expanding portions of the eleventh-grade curriculum in which students conduct lab and field investigations, analyze data, and communicate results

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Which of the following best improves the action step Mr. Kim has included in the coaching plan for Ms. Nunez?
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During the modeling portion of the lesson, have students turn and talk to a partner to promote student engagement and ownership of the learning,
In each lesson, model your thinking for students to demonstrate key concepts and the process to be used when completing the targeted skill,
Modeling should allow you to follow up on the activating-prior-knowledge portion of the lesson and should be performed before students are asked to demonstrate the skill on their own,
During the modeling portion of the lesson, students will benefit from multiple 'at-bat' opportunities and strengthen their understanding of the targeted skill.

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In each lesson, model your thinking for students to demonstrate key concepts and the process to be used when completing the targeted skill.

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Based on a review of the professional development plan for science teachers, which revision would best help sustain school improvement for the guided inquiry initiative? Options: Providing teachers with online support that includes opportunities to view inquiry-based exemplar lessons, Offering trainings that address 'what to teach' to supplement trainings that address 'how to teach', Leveraging the ability of the fifth-grade teacher to provide ongoing coaching for teachers at other grade levels, Ensuring that teachers are encouraged to self-assess their level of expertise with guided inquiry

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Leveraging the ability of the fifth-grade teacher to provide ongoing coaching for teachers at other grade levels

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Dr. Galvan wants to monitor teachers' application of what they are learning from the guided inquiry professional development and creates a plan for conducting walk-throughs during the third and fourth nine weeks. Which classroom practices should she primarily look for as a focus for evidence collection?
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Students working in collaborative groups and engaging with kinesthetic learning activities that promote scientific knowledge,
Students adopting reciprocal teaching roles to guide discussions about science content using summarization, clarification, and prediction strategies,
Teachers asking higher-level questions that require students to strategically think about connections between science concepts,
Teachers providing input as students answer scientific research questions by analyzing data and drawing conclusions.

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Teachers providing input as students answer scientific research questions by analyzing data and drawing conclusions.

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Process known by administering pre-tests and post-tests before and after significant school counseling program activities, the school counselor can assess the effect of program activities directly from program clients.

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Perception surveys