Building Level Administrator
Exam 2023
A principal recently led a comprehensive process for developing a new school vision,
along with related goals
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see a high level of enthusiasm among teachers and other stakeholders for supporting
the school's new improvement efforts. Which action by the principal would best help
ensure that the new vision remains a dynamic force in guiding school activity and
promoting stakeholder energy and commitment over time? - ANWER-Using
collaborative procedures to create new vision-aligned goals and plans each year that
reflect the successes and challenges of the recent past.
A high school principal encourages teachers to use the school's educational vision as a
guide when making decisions about teaching and learning in their classrooms. This
approach is likely to be most effective in promoting student learning if the vision is: -
ANWER-Grounded in research and evidence based pedagogy.
A high school's recently developed educational vision includes a focus on promoting all
students' academic success. In implementing the vision which of the following tasks
should be the principal's most important priority? - ANWER-Providing teachers with time
and resources to engage in regular collaborative analysis of student performance data.
The members of a school site council are reviewing a long list of school needs identified
by teachers, staff, students, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders. The principal is
seeking the site council's in put regarding which needs should be considered priorities
for the school to address. The principal can best facilitate this process by guiding the
council members to consider which of the following issues first? - ANWER-The
significance of each identified need in terms of achieving the schools defined vision.
Every year a school administers surveys designed to elicit information about teacher
and student perceptions regarding various aspects of the school. The school principal
can best use data derived from these surveys to reflect on which question? - ANWERWhat areas that are addressed in the surveys appear to be most in need of change?
A principal has led stakeholders in developing a new school vision. Representatives
from all stakeholder groups participated in the discussions and work groups and
reached consensus on a vision that they believe represents the values and priorities of
the community. Feedback form the school community was incorporated into the final
version of the vision. Which outcome is the most important benefit of using this
approach to develop the school's vision? - ANWER-Helping promote shared
commitment to and ownership of the school's vision.
A secondary school principal has been informed by district leaders that her most
important goal for the coming school year must be to oversee improvements in student
performance in English and Mathematics. The principal is likely to make the greatest
progress toward achieving this goal if she gives highest priority to implementing
strategies that: - ANWER-Allow her to maintain a strong daily and long-term focus on
high-leverage instructional leadership activities.
Which action by a principal would best help ensure that teachers view the school's
educational vision as a central component in school decision making? - ANWERFraming teachers' discussions and debates about potential program changes or new
school initiatives in the context of the vision.
A middle school's educational vision includes a goal of ensuring that students are
college and career ready. The principal can best lead efforts to achieve this goal by first:
- ANWER-Collaborating with stakeholders to define specific, concrete objectives for
promoting students' college and career readiness.
A midyear assessment of an elementary school's progress toward achieving its goal of
increasing student's reading proficiency reveals that the plan that is being implemented
to achieve this goal has not yielded hoped for improvement. Which approach is the
principal's best initial course of action in this situation? - ANWER-Leading teachers in
analyzing data on the effectiveness of strategies that are currently being implemented to
increase students' reading proficiency and modifying the plan accordingly.
Under the leadership of a new principal, stakeholders in a low performing school have
defined a set of challenging improvement goals for students' math and reading
performance on interim and end of year standardized assessments. After the goals
were established, the principal arranged to have a large, colorful chart placed near the
building entrance to graphically display changes in student performance in math and
reading over time. The most important benefit of the chart is most likely to be to: -
ANWER-Communicate to the entire school community that increased student
achievement is a high priority for the school.
In a school with a highly diverse student population, the principal learns that fewer than
10% of the students enrolled in the gifted and talented program reflect the school's
cultural and language diversity. The principal can best initiate efforts to remedy this
under representation by seeking information from the schools gifted and talented
program coordinator about the: - ANWER-Methods and criteria used to identify potential
program participants.
A few years ago, a middle school began receiving grant funds for an after school
tutoring and academic assistance program that could accommodate up to 40 students
per day. Although the primary purpose of the program is to help close achievement
gaps, all students are welcome to attend. Each year since the program was established,
the number of students participating has gradually declined, and now an average of only
10 to 15 students show up each day. In responding to this situation, the new principal of
the school could best show leadership by taking what action first: - ANWER-Working
with the program coordinator to collect and analyze information on why more students...
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