Review Chapter 1 & 2 Diving into Leadership

21st century leadership development must include practical application of leadership theories and must be in alignment with the PSEL standards.

• True

• False

Comprehensive leadership includes school and district leaders’ insight into “hot-button” issues in leadership practices while examining intervening challenges so that leadership skills and abilities are maximized. 

• True

• False

In Developing Effective Principals:  What Kind of Learning Matters? 

Which of the following statements is false:

• • High-quality principal preparation and professional development programs that were associated with positive principal, teacher, and student outcomes.

• • Equity-oriented leadership emerged as a focal point to develop aspiring principals’ knowledge and skills for meeting the needs of diverse learners.

• • Preservice and in-service learning opportunities for principals is not important for leadership development.

• • The quality of principal learning improved in settings that included clinically rich learning opportunities and assessment.

Which of the following is not a tenet of effective school and district leaders?

• professional learning communities

• differentiating supervision

• aligning curricula

• • creating a negative culture

• implementing research-based best teaching practices

Which of the following traits is not related to transformational leadership?

• Power based, reward and punishment relationship

• Effectively communicate vision to followers and has them understand the importance of goal attainment

• Possess a vision for the future and inspires followers

• Empower followers to make decisions

The characteristics of leadership practices that promote effective leadership include: 

• a significant positive correlation between effective school leadership and student achievement and

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• which school changes are most likely to improve student achievement, what these changes imply for staff and community, and how to their tailor leadership practices.

• True

• False

Effective school leaders focus on interactions with teachers, building a productive school climate, facilitating collaboration and professional learning communities, and overseeing personnel and resource management processes while having an equity lens to meet the needs of growing numbers of marginalized students. 

• True

• False

The most powerful strategy for improving teaching and learning is by micromanaging instruction not by creating a collaborative culture.

• True

• False

For an organization to change, it is necessary to enhance organizational health and improve students’ learning by adopting a transactional change strategy.

• True

• False

All the following are dimensions of Positive School Leadership except:

• Stronger professional calling

  
  

• Stronger moral framework

• Focus on character and virtue

• Focus on self interest

• Personalized relationships