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WorksheetsEduc 703 Midterm Examination Part 2 (26-50)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following best reflects active instructional leadership according to Trespeces (2003)?
Frequent presence in the office for administrative tasks
Teacher-led annual planning without principal oversight
Walking around the campus and supervising instruction
Avoiding documentation to reduce staff workload
What is the primary goal of regular staff meetings in instructional leadership?
Disciplining late teachers
Completing HR documentation
Addressing instructional issues and program implementation
Managing extracurricular events
A school principal who collaborates with teachers to draft and monitor a supervision plan demonstrates:
Bureaucratic leadership
Instructional autonomy
Participatory instructional leadership
Centralized curriculum management
Documentation of teaching practices helps instructional leaders to:
Monitor attendance
Avoid teacher resistance
Identify best practices and promote innovation
Justify budgetary increases
Why is a clearly stated school mission and vision important for instructional leadership?
It satisfies district reporting requirements
It ensures alignment of all instructional efforts
It attracts donations and funding
It prevents student dropouts
Regular teacher observation and feedback support:
Financial planning
Facility improvement
Teacher development and instructional quality
Reduced student behavior issues
One way a principal shows data-based decision making is by:
Conducting unannounced classroom visits
Analyzing learner assessment results to guide instruction
Relying on anecdotal teacher reports
Reducing reporting frequency
High expectations of teaching staff is a hallmark of:
Managerial leadership
Instructional leadership
External development leadership
Cultural leadership
Technology integration in teaching and learning primarily aims to:
Replace textbooks
Monitor teacher attendance
Improve instructional quality and student learning
Reduce teaching workload
What is a practical indicator of a positive school climate that promotes learning?
Strict office policies
High test scores regardless of teacher morale
A safe, collaborative, and motivating environment for learners
Regular budget realignment
A recurring challenge among Southeast Asian schools, especially in Cambodia and Lao PDR, is:
Too many school buildings
Overqualified teaching staff
Poor teacher training and lack of materials
Oversupply of textbooks
Why are principals in countries like Vietnam limited in performing instructional leadership roles?
Heavy focus on research
Decentralized education systems
Low salaries, lack of training, and poor facilities
Limited government regulation
A high pupil-teacher ratio (e.g., 60:1) mostly affects:
Budget planning
Classroom management and individualized instruction
Parent-teacher associations
School security
One shared educational concern across the Philippines, Cambodia, and Lao PDR is:
Surplus of computers
Extensive field trips
Teacher misallocation and poor in-service training
Too many school holidays
According to McEwan (2003), which of the following is not a common barrier to effective instructional leadership?
Lack of skills and training
Overstaffing in schools
Lack of time
Lack of teacher cooperation
What is the best strategy to overcome lack of teacher cooperation?
Assigning more administrative work
Avoiding collaboration
Attending training with teachers and building credibility
Delegating all instructional matters to heads
How do effective instructional leaders deal with lack of time?
Focus on administrative paperwork only
Extend office hours
Prioritize instructional issues through delegation and collaboration
Cancel student activities
Principal Romero in the critical incident demonstrated which key leadership trait?
Authoritarian control
Emotional Intelligence and innovation
Political maneuvering
Technical expertise
What key leadership quality enabled Principal Romero to unite parents and businessmen?
Assertiveness
Fiscal discipline
Emotional regulation and empathy
Curriculum mastery
According to Goleman, emotional intelligence includes all except:
Motivating oneself
Recognizing others’ feelings
Managing one’s emotions
Manipulating outcomes
Which best aligns with the principal’s role as the “CEO” of the school?
Strictly managing supplies
Preparing payroll forms
Leading with vision, trust, and strategic direction
Handling only student discipline
The CEO competency to “form a vision that bridges to the future” most closely resembles:
Strategic planning for instruction
Staff recruitment
Attendance monitoring
Cafeteria supervision
Why must school heads develop financial acumen, like CEOs?
To compete with private schools
To reduce teacher salaries
To ensure sustainability and provision of quality education
To please the PTA
An instructional leader who searches for self-knowledge and reflection is demonstrating:
Organizational management
Strategic marketing
Authentic leadership with emotional maturity
Classroom discipline
One emerging issue in Southeast Asian education requiring urgent attention is:
Increased classroom breaks
Integration of educational technology and efficiency
Restriction of parental involvement
Reducing female participation in education
