TEXES 268 STUDY GUIDE 2026 TOPIC MAP
RESOLUTION ACCURACY
◉ Teachers must _______ to students.
Answer: Teachers must adapt to students. All students. Refugees will
demand a new instructional technique.
◉ Interviews should model ______.
Answer: Interviews should model day to day work. Critiqueing
lesson plans - NO. Sample Lesson with reflection questions - YES
◉ Dramatic Play.
Answer: when organized around a theme can support word
learning.
◉ Sightwords.
Answer: High Frequency Words. Commonly used words
reccomended to memorize as whole by sight so they can recognize
without needing to decode.
◉ When Stakeholders are involved in school culture they____.
Answer: When Stakeholders are involved in school culture they are
in a two way conversation with the school.
, ◉ Change is ____ not ____. It must be done ASAP. NOT at the end of the
year..
Answer: Change is necissary not optional. It must be done quickly.
◉ Leveraging Leadership.
Answer:
◉ 7 Levers of Leadership.
Answer: 1. Data Driven Instruction, 2. Instructional Planning, 3.
Observational Feedback, 4. PD, 5. Student Culture, 6. Staff Culture, 7.
Managing School Leadership
◉ Modeling (Instruction).
Answer: Easier to plan, Clear lines around student tasks. Use when
students need a model of success to refer to. Can be too focused on
procedures & passive learning.
◉ Guided Discourse (Instruction).
Answer: Stickier, Easier to get to conceptual understanding. Harder
to plan, manage, and dependent on some students being close to
understanding.
◉ Think Aloud.
RESOLUTION ACCURACY
◉ Teachers must _______ to students.
Answer: Teachers must adapt to students. All students. Refugees will
demand a new instructional technique.
◉ Interviews should model ______.
Answer: Interviews should model day to day work. Critiqueing
lesson plans - NO. Sample Lesson with reflection questions - YES
◉ Dramatic Play.
Answer: when organized around a theme can support word
learning.
◉ Sightwords.
Answer: High Frequency Words. Commonly used words
reccomended to memorize as whole by sight so they can recognize
without needing to decode.
◉ When Stakeholders are involved in school culture they____.
Answer: When Stakeholders are involved in school culture they are
in a two way conversation with the school.
, ◉ Change is ____ not ____. It must be done ASAP. NOT at the end of the
year..
Answer: Change is necissary not optional. It must be done quickly.
◉ Leveraging Leadership.
Answer:
◉ 7 Levers of Leadership.
Answer: 1. Data Driven Instruction, 2. Instructional Planning, 3.
Observational Feedback, 4. PD, 5. Student Culture, 6. Staff Culture, 7.
Managing School Leadership
◉ Modeling (Instruction).
Answer: Easier to plan, Clear lines around student tasks. Use when
students need a model of success to refer to. Can be too focused on
procedures & passive learning.
◉ Guided Discourse (Instruction).
Answer: Stickier, Easier to get to conceptual understanding. Harder
to plan, manage, and dependent on some students being close to
understanding.
◉ Think Aloud.
