New Specialist Academy

What are AMSTI's 3 essential services to Alabama educators? Select 3 choices.

• Professional Learning

• Mental Health

• Ongoing Administrative Leadership

• Instructional Materials

• Ongoing Educator Support

Answer explanation

AMSTI's essential services include Professional Learning, which enhances teaching skills, Instructional Materials that provide resources for effective teaching, and Ongoing Educator Support to assist teachers continuously.

Which option is NOT part of the AMSTI culture?

• Serve others

• Choose joy

• Stay caffeinated

• Pursue excellence

• Make a difference

Answer explanation

While all five are totally on your to-do list, caffeine abuse is not considered part of AMSTI's (official) culture.

According to John Maxwell, leadership is ___.

• influence

• power

Answer explanation

True leadership is the ability to influence those around you...This can 100% be done without any special title. Alternatively, holding a position of power does not automatically make you a leader that others will follow.

All the state initiatives using coaching base their work off the Alabama Coaching ___.

• Rules and Regulations

• Framework

• Hopes and Dreams

• Guidelines

Answer explanation

The document, available in your Master Notes and as a spiral-bound copy at every site, is The Alabama Coaching Framework.

Quoted in Alabama's Roadmap to STEM Success: Ensure that rigorous, meaningful stem courses/curricula and appropriately trained instructors are available to ___ Alabama students, regardless of location, socioeconomic background, race, or ethnicity.

• none

• some

• the lucky few

• most

• all

Answer explanation

All students – regardless of gender, ethnicity, geography or income – deserve an education that includes access to rigorous coursework, is taught by well-prepared teachers and provides opportunities to gain 21st century skills needed for future careers.

One coaching model we have integrated into our practice features the "student-centered model" of ___.

• Diane McFeeney

• Diane Duncan

• Diana, Princess of Wales

• Dion Sanders

• Diane Sweeney

Answer explanation

“Effective coaching is about closing the gap between what students know and what they need to know.”

                                               ---Diane Sweeney

• The platform AMSTI uses initiative-wide to track our impact is called ____.

• Sunday.com

• Monday.com

• Tuesday.com

• Wednesday.com

Answer explanation

The primary reason we selected Monday.com over several other platforms was its ability to assist us in monitoring evidence of our impact (Educator Effectiveness and Student Learning strategic themes). 

• To mark a specific board for easy access, you could ___.

• click the gold star to add to your favorites

• print it out and attach it to your wall/bulletin board

• make up a mneumonic to be able to find it again

• call Rachel

Answer explanation

• To quickly search a board you're trying to find on Monday.com, the shortcut keystroke is ____.

• Ctrl + F (or Cmd + F)

• Ctrl + S (or Cmd + S)

• Ctrl + B (or Cmd + B)

Answer explanation

BOLT quick search is CONTROL + B (PC) or COMMAND + B (Mac)

• Finding ___ as an AMSTI specialist is imperative to staying effective, productive, and energized... professionally and personally.

• balance

• harmony

• buried treasure

Answer explanation

While all of these options would certainly be good...balance is the main idea in this question ;)