Which of the following is the most effective way for an administrative team to conduct a needs assessment?

Evaluate the objective and learning goals of the school and then evaluate data, both qualitative and quantitative, to determine the desired goal and the current progress.

Design a survey to be given to teachers in regard to changes in the school to ensure all teachers are involved in the needs assessment.

Conduct the needs assessment at the beginning of the year and develop a plan according to the data collected.

Conduct the needs assessment twice per year: in the beginning for a benchmark and at the end to measure progress.

What is the best way to cultivate thinkings who can compete in the global workforce?

Focus on analytical and evaluation skills.

Provide learners with opportunities to use technology that connects them to the world.

Create learning opportunities for all students to achieve their potential.

Hire teachers with advanced degrees and teacher credentials.

The assistant principal of TYR School will be assisting teachers during their PLCs to focus on higher-order thinking skills. What would be the most effective approach to achieving this goal?

Guide teachers in identifying foals and objectives, developing common assessments, monitoring progress , and using the data to drive instructional goals.

Follow the guidelines of the district to ensure fidelity.

Help teachers when they need it, but otherwise be there for support.

Requiring teachers to establish norms, identifying foals regarding student achievement, plan effective lessons, and work collaboratively.

Walkthrough rubrics provide all of the following EXCEPT:

clear objectives, specific criteria, and consistent expectations

A new principal has just taken over a school that has had less than desirable student achievement over the last few years. She knows she will have to make sweeping changes to the reading and math programs to get students back on track with state and district objectives and goals. What should be her first action?

Evaluate student data and implement a plan of action.

Conduct a needs assessment using survey data, student achievement data, and demographic data.

Form a committee of teachers to address the problems in reading and math.

Hire an outside contractor skilled in this area for support in implementing a plan.

The principal asks the assistant principal to put together a presentation for the first faculty meeting of the new school year. The principal would like the presentation to inform the faculty of last year's assessment data. What would the assistant principal be sure to do?

Make sure the presentation clearly and concisely outlines the data using visuals and charts and summarize the data in small digestible bites.

Focus on areas of weakness so interventions can be devised.

Focus primarily on reading because that is the most important content area according to the data.

Focus on areas of weakness, specifically reading because that is the most important content area according to the data.

The principal is beginning the SIP process and wants to focus efforts on reading across the curriculum. What can the principal do to ensure teachers are on board with this decision?

Encourage content area teachers to build a committee to look at the data, come up with solutions, design a plan, compile a list of needs, and implement the plan by leading professional development in their content areas.

Assign content area teachers to professional development that focuses on research-based practices for reading in the content areas.

Ask the state for resources that the school can use to increase content area teacher participation in the reading initiative.

Hire an outside contractor who is highly knowledgeable about reading in the content area to go over the content area reading program you plan on purchasing.

The purpose of the SIP is:

to review data, set goals, create an action plan, and monitor progress

identify poor performing teachers and students and find solutions

to communicate goals and barriers to the teachers, students, and community

to engage in foal setting on the part of administration

One way an educational leader can make sure the school is preparing students for the global workforce is to:

focus on relevance and rigor of the curriculum

focus on higher-order thinking skills like evaluation and application

provide opportunity for students to engage in project-based learning

A new teacher has come to the AP with a concern that his classroom management is ineffective. What should be the AP's first course of action?

Set up a time to come in and observe the teacher and assess where the classroom management is breaking down.

Assign the new teacher with another teacher who has effective classroom management skills.

Tell the teacher it is all part of learning how to teach and he will get better as he gets more practice.

Send an email to the department head explaining the new teacher's issue with classroom management, and ask the department head to address is at the next department meeting.

The state has decided to push for the use of more informational text in the classroom. In addition, all schools will be required to increase student's interaction with informational text. Finally, the state assessment will contain more informational text than it has the last three years. What should the principal do?

Provide opportunity and resources so students and teachers have access to informational text.

Require all content area teachers to attend professional development that helps them effectively teach informational text across the content areas.

Form a committee using the Reading Department so they can figure out how to attack the situation

Send a detailed newsletter hone to parents and students outlining the new informational text push and how they can help at home.

What can principals and APs do to see how many teachers are implementing the new math initiatives the school is working on getting off the ground?

Send out a school-wide email reminding all teachers of the math inititiatives

Ask department heads to address the initiatives in their PLCs

ABC school will be adopting a new textbook for science. The administration has given teachers an opportunity to serve on the textbook adoption committee. The committee has been formed, and teachers are ready to review the different books. What should the leaders in the building do to guide the teachers as they make decisions regarding the textbook adoption process?

Support teachers in choosing books aligned to the state-adopted standards.

Hire a textbook rep to come in and go over the different features of the books.

Allow the teachers to outline a way in which they would use the books to foster student engagement.

Encourage teacher to focus their attention on the ways in which the book cultivates content area literacy.

The AP of curriculum is deciding on new reading software to purchase for the school. What should they consider first?

Is the software program aligned to the state-adopted education standards?

Is the software easily accessible for students who do not have internet at home?

Have teachers been consulted first before making the decision?

Does the school have enough money to support the software this year and for subsequent years?

The principal wants a new duty schedule to be approved but the staff. How should she approach introducing the new duty schedule?

Present the new duty schedule in an email and encourage anyone with input to submit comments in writing via email.

Disseminate the new schedule at the faculty meeting and open the floor for discussion

Send and email informing all faculty members of the new duty positions.

Put the new duty schedule in everyone's mailbox and expect everyone to follow suit.

What can principals do to foster an environment that supports the development of a global workforce?

Focus professional development on ways teachers can foster creative, critical, analytical, and evaluative thinking

Hire more teachers who are from the college of business

Ask the APC to schedule more STEM classes and train teachers accordingly

Encourage students to take AP and honors classes

How can an educational leader ensure the faculty has ample opportunity to be successful in having students achieve on state assessments?

Encourage faculty use PLCs to align curriculum according to the state assessments and provide ample time in their planning schedules to design common assessments and discuss student data.

Devise a plan with the department to use PLCs to plan together, construct common assessments, and engage in test prep strategies.

Choose curriculum aligned to the standards and mandate that all staff members use it.

Have the state send representatives to the school to discuss the importance of standards and state aligned assessments

The principal of ABC school is concerned his teachers do not understand the school's large Hispanic population. What can he do?

Provide ample opportunity for teachers to engage in ongoing authentic multiculturalism training.

Encourage teachers to read professional literature on multiculturalism

Encourage teachers to communicate with their Hispanic parents more.

Have a Hispanic heritage night at the school for faculty and the community

An AP is conducting a walkthrough on a new teacher. What would be an example of an observation where the teacher is in the developing stage?

Asks low level questions, frequently offers up the answers before students have a change to answer, and allows students to call out answers.

Asks low-level questions, uses appropriate wait time, and allows students to call out the answers.

Asks low level questions, uses appropriate wait time, and requires students to raise their hands to answer questions.

Asks low level questions, uses appropriate wait time, and uses a system of calling on students so all students have a chance to answer.

A new principal is evaluating teacher effectiveness by using the FEAPs. The principal can determine if the FEAPs are being implemented by:

spending time observing in each teacher's classroom

providing each teacher with an instructional self-evaluation form to complete

meeting with each teacher to discuss their teaching methods and priorities

analyzing samples of student work submitted by each teacher

A middle school principal has determined that many students from one subgroup, which makes up 27% of the student population, often do not benefit fully from the instruction their teachers are delivering. Which of the following suggestions would be most appropriate to offer teachers who are working with these students?

Use a variety of materials during instruction that are likely to be relevant and meaningful to all students.

Offer students frequent opportunities to work with classmates of their choice on self-selected projects.

Define different academic goals for students who are achieving at different levels or who learn in different way.

Start each unit of study with a focus on basic knowledge and gradually incorporating higher-level thinking.

An elementary school principal is conducting walkthroughs to determine teachers' commitment to a school-wide commitment that all students are capable of learning and achieving academic success. The principal could observe this in the form of teachers:

providing students with opportunities to address curricular content from integrated and varied perspectives.

displaying many examples of student work that reflect excellence in relation to instructional goals.

using increasingly intensive instructional interventions for students who continue to sturggle.

implementing a flexible grading system that uses each students prior performance as a basis for assigning grades.

A high school principal is conducting research to recruit individuals in the community to play an active role in the school's success. The principal is seeking people to volunteer in the classroom, make classroom presentations in curriculum-aligned areas of expertise, and serve as mentors to selected students. The principal makes it a priority to reach out to members of the various demographic groups that make up the school community. This action best demonstrates the principal's commitment to:

promoting all students' school success by valuing diversity

providing learning opportunities that students perceive as relevant to their lives outside of school

encouraging a sense of accountability for results among all stakeholders

using a collaborative approach in solving problems and making decisions affecting the school

A principal plans to use student results on both district-mandated interim assessments and annual statewide assessments to provide a targeted, comprehensive approach to teacher evaluations. In using this approach, the principal can best ensure fair and accurate monitoring by taking into consideration the:

previous performance of the students in each teacher's class

level of student success on teacher-developed classroom tests

perspectives of each teacher regarding his or her own instruction

difficulty level of the content and skills each teacher is teaching

A principal recently worked with a teacher leader to develop a database that includes standardized test scores, classroom assessment scores, and report card grades for all of the students in each grade level. All teachers can easily access the database to review information and enter new information. Teachers' regular use of this database is likely to be most effective in promoting teacher effectiveness in:

strengthening instructional decision making

clarifying criteria for distinguishing levels of student learning

identifying obstacles to success for underperforming students

facilitating the use of accountability

After a needs assessment, the leadership team has decided to focus on certain subgroups within the school, especially ELLs and low SES. The needs assessment data show these students tend to perform at substantially lower levels than their peers both in the classroom and on standardized tests. The leadership team can best support teachers who serve these students by providing teachers with professional development aimed at improving their ability to:

provide differentiated instruction that builds on students' unique strengths and experiences

incorporate project-based learning activities into the curriculum

develop individualized performance criteria to drive instruction and assessment for each student

create and implement standards-aligned independent study programs

A principal of a high school has elicited the participation of a few teachers in a new action research approach used in their weekly PLCs. So far, the new approach has yielded positive results for the teachers and students. What would be the most effective step in moving forward to gain buy-in from more teachers on staff regarding the new approach?

Provide opportunities for the teachers who are having success with the program to share their experiences with teachers during teacher-led professional development

A the next faculty meeting, show teachers the data and take a vote determining if the program should be implemented school-wide

Call teachers in to evaluate the data and ask that each teacher applies the new approach in his or her classroom

Require teacher leaders to train teachers who want to implement the new approach in their classrooms

Teachers on a science PLC team are developing a lesson to increase students' critical thinking skills. What would be an effective activity to develop as a team?

Have students analyze and evaluate plant growth data and determine how to increase growth over time

Have students go outside, collect rocks, and categorize the rocks based on texture, color, and hardness

Have students look at onion cells under a microscope and then conduct a lab write-up on what they observed

Have students conduct a presentation regarding their findings on a recent lab they conducted

A principal wants to plan professional development activities for teachers aimed at reversing a school trend towards declining scores on the statewide reading assessment. The principal can most effectively begin the planning process be taking which of the following actions first?

Analyze test data to identify specific reading skills needing improvement for subgroups of students

Review materials disseminated by the state regarding the types of questions and tasks tested on the reading assessment

Identify high-quality teacher resources aimed at improving reading instruction that are available in the school or district

Meet with small groups of teachers about the approaches they currently use to increase reading achievement

School administrators are in the process of constructing a data report to be used during a faculty meeting to communicate standardized assessment results. The reports are likely to be most impactful in facilitating and improving individual teacher's instructional planning if the reports:

include information about performance on each subtest of the exam

incorporate statistical measures, such as mean, range, and standard deviation, to characterize student scores

compare an individual's current performance to performance of all students in the district

provide an indication of how each class performed on each test question compared with other classes at the same grade level

A principal has established grade-level PLCs to provide teachers with professional support to improve school performance on state reading tests. A key school goal is to "set high academic expectations for every student and help all students achieve". To meet this goal, members of the PLCs should place focus on establishing ways to:

respond to students who are progressing at different rates in the classroom

determine the skills and content that are most important for students to master

provide students with enhanced opportunities to practice and improve their test-taking skills

create meaningful incentives that encourage students to work to their potential

A principal at a low-performing school wants to create a school climate that cultivates increased academic achievement for all students. The most effective way to attain this goal is to:

use a variety of means to communicate a vision of high expectations for students and faculty on a regular basis

guide faculty to give students ample flexibility in determining what they will learn and how they will learn it

provide meaningful incentives to reward faculty when a specified proportion of their students meet expectations

prompt faculty to offer students a mix of individual, small group, and whole-class learning opportunities

A principal is concerned about a drastic decline in the performance of students from the low SES subgroup. The principal's most effective initial response would be to collaborate with faculty in:

determining specific factors that are likely to be causing or contributing to the observed student trend

identifying additional human capital or other resources that would be expected to improve the students' performance

analyzing the extent to which the problematic test results reflect the students' true skills and abilities

evaluating the school curriculum and the content that is covered on the state assessment

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A needs assessment is a systematic process for...

surveying teachers to determine areas of improvement and where to allocate resources

determining and addressing needs or gaps between current conditions and desired conditions or wants.

using student achievement data to drive decisions made in the classroom

analyzing resources and determining allocation based on desired student achievement

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following stakeholders are involved in the SIP?

administrators, SAC, teacher leaders/ department heads

SAC, students, and administrators

district personnel, state legislators, and staff

principals, assistant principals, and parents

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The principal discovers students are performing proficiently on the common assessments constructed by the Math Department. However, student standardized test scores are low. What could be causing this discrepancy?

The teachers are not using the District curriculum

The teachers are not following the scope and sequence on the District academic plans.

The students have not practiced taking state tests.

The classroom assessments are not aligned with the state standards.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

An assistant principal is conducting walkthroughs regarding a particular standard for 7th grade science: Describe the scientific theory of cells (cell theory) and relate the history of it's discovery to the process of science. However the objective on the teachers board for the last two walkthroughs has outlined something different: Identify the three aspects of cell theory. What should be the assistant principals first step in addressing this issue?

Invite the teacher in for a post conference to discuss aligning the complexity of the standard to the lesson objectives in the classroom

Have the teacher meet with her peer teacher and devise a plan to increase students' state test scores.

Request the teacher take time to observe another teacher in regard to aligning the complexity level of the standard to the lesson objectives in the classroom.

Send and email reminding reachers to be sure to align their objectives to the state standards.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The principal of LES High School is working on increasing the curriculum and instructional focus to include a target approach to student subgroups, specifically students who are identified as low socioeconomic and ESE. What should be the first step the principal takes?

For a committee of experienced teachers to analyze the data and come up with solutions.

Review the SIP and analyze current goals identified in the plan.

Disaggregate the data based on subgroups and analyze achievement gaps and areas of weakness.

Delegate part of the task to the assistant principal so time can be used efficiently.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The principal of GDS Elementary School has been instructed by the district to implement the district-wide reading program adopted last year. Some of the teachers have expressed concern that the program does not increase comprehension, and they even argue it is having a negative effect on comprehension.What can the principal do first to address this issue?

Survey other teachers in the. building to determine if there is a consensus among staff.

Request the assistant principal review the data and construct a report to be discussed at the next faculty meeting.

Call the teachers in and remind them this is a school-adopted program and it should be used in accordance to the academic plan.

Conduct multiple, targeted walkthroughs to determine if the program is being implemented with fidelity.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What is the best way to cultivate life-long learners regarding teacher professional development?

Provide multiple opportunities for teachers to engage in district-mandated professional development.

Allow teachers to decide their own path of professional learning based on interests and needs.

Provide teachers with information of online PLCs.

Require professional development points to renew teacher certification.

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