SLLA Ethical Leadership Quiz

An elementary student broke his arm over the weekend. The parents contact you first thing Monday morning concerned about how their child will be able to complete their work. You address the parents’ concerns by letting them know that their child’s services are covered through:

• The Due Process Clause

• The Americans with Disabilities Act

• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

• An Individualized Education Plan

There is a diverse student group made of many different cultures and languages. The Principal wants to ensure teachers are using culturally responsive assessment approaches. The best way for the Principal to ensure assessments are equitable is:

• Use various formal and informal assessments.

• Gather student feedback and review prior to administering assessments.

• Provide students opportunities to practice a variety of tests and practice test-taking skills.

• Create assessments that mirror the types of questions and approaches used in state-mandated standardized testing.

 How can school leaders best promote openness and collaborative decisions in ethical school leadership and make ethical conversation integral to their school culture?

• They can analyze the ethical implications of any decision for the school community.

• They can maintain consistency in their ethical frameworks throughout their careers.

• They can accept needed funding even if the donors require less effective methods.

• They can regularly initiate discussions for self-examination and ethics development.

 When a school leader receives parent requests for specific classroom placements for the upcoming school year, the school leader should:

• Honor each request to support a healthy, collaborative relationship with parents.

• Accept the request of parents of high performing students to avoid conflict at the start of the year.

• Reply to each parent request, noting any biases toward specific teachers. 

• Utilize the parent requests as one of many factors considered in student placement.

 A school leader of an urban school strives to hire faculty and staff who will have a positive influence on the social, emotional, and academic achievements of students of all backgrounds. Which of the following approaches best supports a leader's goal?

• Collaborating with local universities to request their teacher recommendations.

• Focusing on hiring faculty who have accrued years of teaching experience.

• Giving preference to candidates with education degrees over alternative certification.

• Seeking and embracing diversification in the recruitment pool.

 During a non school related weekend event, a school leader witnesses an assistant principal aggressively pull the hair of their spouse. How should this be handled?

• Tell another professional about what was seen and seek feedback.

• Ask the spouse if they are ok.

• Confront the assistant principal directly.

• Report the incident to the police.

The school administrator receives a letter from a parent of a homeschooled student asking whether the student can participate in an upcoming district Mathematics competition. The administrator should?

• Refer to board policy before communicating with the parent.

• Determine an appropriate fee to charge the student for participation.

• Refuse the request because there is a limit on the number of participants.

• Grant the request if the student has passing grades.

A school principal is developing the budget for next year and like most years, there is more need than there are funds.  The band has been asking for new instruments for several years, but the request usually gets pushed to the bottom of an ever-growing list of requests from faculty.  This year, an unexpected upgrade to the school’s safety and security system has taken a significant chunk out of the budget and there will not be enough for the band’s new instruments, once again.  What can the school principal do to accommodate the band?

• Cut corners someplace else to make sure the band gets the instruments.

• Coordinate with the community to help the band raise money for the instruments.

• Allocate some of the costs for the safety and security system to the budget for the following year so it can include the instruments and appear balanced.

• Explain to the band coordinator that safety and security system is a mandate from the district and there will not be enough for the new instruments.

There are few instances when a school is allowed to release student information that would otherwise be held due to restraints of confidentiality. Which of the following is not a situation when student confidential information is allowed to be released by the school?

• A search warrant issued by a local or federal court.

• When student information is requested via a court-issued subpoena.

• When a college requests additional information to include personal notes from teachers for an admission decision.

• When a parent makes a request to view their child’s records.

A new principal has just been assigned to a struggling school and discovers several incidents where staff did not follow procedures for mandatory reporting.  What should the new principal do first?

• Send an email out to all staff to explain the mandatory reporter requirements.

• Conduct an investigation to identify staff members who have not been following the policy for mandatory reporters.

• Create a “see something, say something” campaign to promote mandatory reporting.

• Meet with each team to explain the mandatory reporting requirements, identify any incidents of abuse or neglect, and report the incidents immediately.