FELE Study Guide Correct answers latest update

FELE Study Guide Correct answers latest update Formative Assessment Conducted by teachers to improve instruction. Data collected through daily ongoing lessons in order to measure a students achievement. Examples include anecdotal records, quizzes and essays, diagnostic tests, and lab reports Clinical supervision The direct supervision of a teacher in the classroom for the purpose of defining the teachers professional development needs Summative assessment State tests, compare results to others. Other examples include end of course exams and national tests IQ test Cognitive behaviors, learning abilities and intellectual capacity are measured Ecological based assessment Informal observation of students interacting with the environment on a regular school day Consequentialism Any position and ethics which claims that the rightness or wrongness of actions depends on their consequences Autonomy The ability to freely determine one's own course in life Absolutism A belief that there is one and only one truth Compatabilism The belief that both determinism and freedom of the will are true Categorical imperative An unconditional command Distributive leadership style Spreads decision-making throughout the school, give staff opportunities to gain the skills they need to assume leadership roles Downward communication Information is exchanged from a higher level of leadership downward to staff Upward communication Information is conveyed from staff to higher level leaders Horizontal communication Individuals interacting with in their peer group Diagonal communication Individuals pass on information between one school to another school or between other departments The developmental assessment center Developed by the national Association of secondary school principals to assist with the professional development of school leaders Curriculum alignment The coordination of the written, taught, and tested curriculum Multicultural plan policy statement BANKS-goal is to outline how and when schools will implement educational opportunities that are multicultural Program audit Elements include signed agreement of acceptance and will adhere to requirements. Zero reject (IDEA) No child with a disability can be excluded from public education Protection in the evaluation process (IDEA) There should be non-bias testing with regard to the education of students Free and appropriate public education (FAPE) (IDEA) The education of students with disabilities must be a public expense Due process Procedures (IDEA) Parents and students must be given certain rights regarding assessment placement and the implementation of the educational program Parent and student participation (IDEA) There should be shared decision-making among the school parents and students regarding the special education process High task/high relationship Coaching or selling style Low task/high relationship Participating or collaborative or supporting style Low task/low relationship Delegating style Direct teaching And instructional method that allows the teacher to demonstrate or model the material to students rather than allowing exploratory learning. Founded by SIEGFRIED ENGELMANN Academic language Must be understood in order to improve test scores and academic achievement with ELL students Machine culture OWENS& STEINHOFF Leader is so involved in managing the school and making sure it runs efficiently that he does not put the best interests of the students first or make good decisions for the students, teachers feel they are not connected Little shop of horrors culture OWENS & STEINHOFF Set rules, no one can change them. Harsh, intimidating, not approachable, not predictable, faculty and staff don't know what will happen, increased stress Sheltered English Transition or bridge classes, allow ELL students to be held to the same curriculum standards as their English speaking counterparts Commander leader Can be derailed by becoming domineering or intimidating Strategist leader Smart, analytical and process oriented Visionary leader Motivational and charismatic but can come off as overconfident and unrealistic Change agent Always looking for ways to do things better Reliable test Test questions get the same results each time they are used. Questions are clear and unambiguous National assessment of education progress (NAEP) Provides assessments of student achievement and various subjects. Run by the US DOE. Most comprehensive assessment of what American students know and can do Visionary leadership style DANIEL GOLEMAN Moves people towards a shared vision, tells them where to go but not how to get there, causes motivation to struggle forward, openly shares information. Best when a new direction is needed, strong impact on climate. Negatives - can fail when trying to motivate more experienced experts or peers Cultural deficiency Students are viewed as disadvantaged and deprived, educators believe students from low socio economic backgrounds lack proper role models for development Freedom of information act (1966) Act to help the public with informed decision-making by providing it with sufficient information Superstar teacher AL BURR Students remember them and consider them as their best teacher while in school, parents will ask if their child can be in their class, well respected by their peers considered to be hard to replace by principles Conceptual expository learning model AUSUBEL What student already knows is the primary determiner of what he or she learns next, viewed learning as an active process. We learn by bringing something new into our cognitive structure and attaching it to our existing knowledge Delineator approach GREGORC Model that uses perceptual and thinking/processing modes to determine four preferred learning styles Brain-based model BROOKS Based on structure/function of the brain, learning will occur if brain is not prohibited from fulfilling its normal processes. Cognitive constructivist instruction model PIAGET Students build knowledge through experiences, experiences enable them to create mental models in their heads. What children can understand at different ages and a theory of development that describes how children develop cognitive abilities Aspirational A strong desire to achieve something high or great Benchmarking The process of comparing ones ethics climate to that of a previously established best practices climate Corruption The abuse of public power for private Credo Fundamental beliefs or set of beliefs or guiding principles Good faith Based on the belief in the accuracy of the information or concern being reported Qualitative data collection Flexible and open to interpretation Quantitative data collection Measurable, using only factual content Building consensus Getting the members of a group involved in making decisions that will affect them, does not mean majority view will prevail Diagnostic assessment Information collected during an instructional period to evaluate a student Dynamic assessment When a student's ability to learn in a certain situation is measured Curriculum-based measures Developed from classroom curriculum lessons Value added assessment A way of analyzing test data that makes it possible to predict student growth Cooperative learning instruction model JOHNSON Encourages students to work in groups and teams to achieve a specific task. A form of small group instruction, addresses both instructional and social learning Commanding leadership style DANIEL GOLEMAN Soothes fears and gives clear directions, commanding and expects full compliance, agreement not needed, need emotional self-control for success, can seem cold and distant. Best in times of crisis Curriculum mapping