Campus-Improvement Team Questionnaire

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The campus-improvement team in a low-performing school uses three questionnaires to gather data for making recommendations to the school leadership. One questionnaire asks students about their perception of their school experience. Another asks parents how effectively the school serves students. The third asks teachers what beliefs they hold about students. The responses in the questionnaires will be most valuable for helping the team to determine the:

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factors that may be affecting student performance.

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Is the action "Have Roy and Jeremy participate in peer mediation" appropriate or inappropriate in response to the situation described?

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Appropriate

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Is the action "Provide Roy's parents with a list of the students who saw the social media posts" appropriate or inappropriate in response to the situation described?

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Inappropriate

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Is the action "Discuss strategies for monitoring the online activities of teens with the parents of students involved" appropriate or inappropriate in response to the situation described?

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Appropriate

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Is the action "Provide schoolwide lessons on appropriate student-to-student interactions with peers" appropriate or inappropriate in response to the situation described?

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Appropriate

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Based on the assessment, which of the following is the most appropriate question for the principal to ask to improve the teacher's instruction? Have you tried using an integrated thematic approach to instructional planning to support students' concept development? Have you considered scheduling at least 45 minutes a day on fine and gross motor development to reduce student behavior problems? How do you plan for the structuring and grouping of lesson activities in a way that considers students' developmental capacity? What progress-monitoring tools do you use to gather data, inform intervention plans, and make student referral recommendations?

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How do you plan for the structuring and grouping of lesson activities in a way that considers students' developmental capacity?

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Which interview strategy should the principal use to best assess the instructional effectiveness of candidates? Options: Asking the candidate what skills he or she possesses to ensure the success of students at the school, Providing the candidate with a lesson plan and asking how it could be improved, Requiring the candidate to reflect on an instructional goal he or she has achieved in the last 3 years, Having the candidate teach a sample lesson and then answer reflective questions about the lesson

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Having the candidate teach a sample lesson and then answer reflective questions about the lesson

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Based on the survey data, Ms. Sawyer should:

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implement a set of expectations for proactive home-school communication, including the frequency, formats, and content.

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Mischa is a first-grade student with an orthopedic impairment who has received special education services since kindergarten. After enrolling her in a new school, Mischa's parents contact the principal to request special transportation for her instead of having her use the transportation services for nondisabled students. Which principal response to the parents' request is most appropriate?

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Informing Mischa's parents that an Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) meeting will be scheduled immediately to discuss the most appropriate transportation service.

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For the past three years, a high school has allocated state funds for resources and staff as part of a campus-based compensatory education program. When planning for the next school year, the principal and campus improvement committee must keep in mind that resources from the State Compensatory Education (SCE) program can be redirected in which of the following circumstances?

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Evaluations show that the school's program is unsuccessful in achieving desired outcomes for students who are at risk of dropping out.