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WGU D016 VocabWITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+.
1) promote trust
2) establish growth-oriented culture
4 components to create a positive culture
3) commitment to diversity/equity/inclusion
4) cultivate emotional intelligence
a short sentence that defines the school's goals, philosophies, and purpose; should
mission statement
guide decision making
a description of what the school would like to achieve in the future; should be
vision statement
succinct, timely (relevant), and personal to the school
the traits of how individuals should act and what to base their decisions on; ex.
core values
integrity, respect, responsible, trust, honesty
when the leader intentionally uses conversation as a core process for creating
conversational leadership collective intelligence, creating trust, transparency, and inclusion through 2-way
communication
when students/staff respect the decision of the principal and believe the principal
trust has their best interests at heart; formed by benevolence, reliability, competence,
honesty, and openness
open communication of how and why decisions are made; explains when/why
transparency
information can or cannot be shared
considering the gen ed classroom as the placement of 1st choice for all learners;
inclusion requires the whole community and a rejection of the "that's not my job, those are not
my students" mindset
when educators think about their students and their various learning styles BEFORE
universal design
creating content and making instruction/assessment decisions
sees organizations as machines to achieve specific goals and focuses on
efficiency/design through goals and formalization
rational system
ex. Frederick Taylor's time and motion studies to figure out the most efficient
movements on the assembly line
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specific parameters to be met that are clear and can allow an organization to work
together towards a purpose
goals
should direct decision making, specify tasks, and guide allocation of resources
the development of rules to help standardize performance and promote rational
formalization
decision-making based on facts
supervisors must deal with the situations that arise that don't fit an existing rule or
exception principle
regulation
sees organizations as social groups, uses a human-relations approach, and views
creative tension as helping to build an organization
natural system
ex. Mary Parker Follet said that individuals bring with them their own needs, beliefs,
values, and motivations
social factors affect workers' productivity more than environmental factors like
Hawthorne Studies
lighting or temperature
views organizations as systems of groups of participants, and as NOT self-contained
open system says schools are affected by internal relationships and structures as well as outside
forces (like political pressures, laws, movements, and resources) that the schools try
to stabilize and integrate
says schools interact with the external environment and community stakeholders to
meet common goals, and that schools have their own distinct cultures
social system
this type of system is an open system, peopled, goal-oriented, structural, normative,
and sanction-bearing
feedback loop that indirectly evaluates individuals by examining the behavior of a
external feedback loop
school based on community expectations, group norms, and organizational goals
feedback loop that directly evaluated individuals and informs how their behavior is
viewed
internal feedback loop
feedback comes from leadership but also from informal peer groups
leadership style in which the leader uses shared decision-making and views
followers as equals
democratic leadership style
group discussion is encouraged
relies on 2-way communication that builds a trust-based culture that fosters creativity
leadership style in which the leader delegates the powers of decision-making and
planning to the followers but is still responsible for the outcomes
laissez-faire leadership style
creates a chaotic environment with little structure or concern for task
completion/consistency
a leadership style in which school leaders identify their strengths/weaknesses then
collaborative leadership style
collaborate with others who have strengths that fill the existing voids
a leadership theory that says the situation matters when assessing leadership, not just
the traits of the leader, so the leader must adapt to fit the current situation
situational leadership theory
ex. Fiedler Contingency model, Vrom-Yetton Decision Model, Vroom-Jago Model
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WGU D016 VocabWITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+.
1) promote trust
2) establish growth-oriented culture
4 components to create a positive culture
3) commitment to diversity/equity/inclusion
4) cultivate emotional intelligence
a short sentence that defines the school's goals, philosophies, and purpose; should
mission statement
guide decision making
a description of what the school would like to achieve in the future; should be
vision statement
succinct, timely (relevant), and personal to the school
the traits of how individuals should act and what to base their decisions on; ex.
core values
integrity, respect, responsible, trust, honesty
when the leader intentionally uses conversation as a core process for creating
conversational leadership collective intelligence, creating trust, transparency, and inclusion through 2-way
communication
when students/staff respect the decision of the principal and believe the principal
trust has their best interests at heart; formed by benevolence, reliability, competence,
honesty, and openness
open communication of how and why decisions are made; explains when/why
transparency
information can or cannot be shared
considering the gen ed classroom as the placement of 1st choice for all learners;
inclusion requires the whole community and a rejection of the "that's not my job, those are not
my students" mindset
when educators think about their students and their various learning styles BEFORE
universal design
creating content and making instruction/assessment decisions
sees organizations as machines to achieve specific goals and focuses on
efficiency/design through goals and formalization
rational system
ex. Frederick Taylor's time and motion studies to figure out the most efficient
movements on the assembly line
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specific parameters to be met that are clear and can allow an organization to work
together towards a purpose
goals
should direct decision making, specify tasks, and guide allocation of resources
the development of rules to help standardize performance and promote rational
formalization
decision-making based on facts
supervisors must deal with the situations that arise that don't fit an existing rule or
exception principle
regulation
sees organizations as social groups, uses a human-relations approach, and views
creative tension as helping to build an organization
natural system
ex. Mary Parker Follet said that individuals bring with them their own needs, beliefs,
values, and motivations
social factors affect workers' productivity more than environmental factors like
Hawthorne Studies
lighting or temperature
views organizations as systems of groups of participants, and as NOT self-contained
open system says schools are affected by internal relationships and structures as well as outside
forces (like political pressures, laws, movements, and resources) that the schools try
to stabilize and integrate
says schools interact with the external environment and community stakeholders to
meet common goals, and that schools have their own distinct cultures
social system
this type of system is an open system, peopled, goal-oriented, structural, normative,
and sanction-bearing
feedback loop that indirectly evaluates individuals by examining the behavior of a
external feedback loop
school based on community expectations, group norms, and organizational goals
feedback loop that directly evaluated individuals and informs how their behavior is
viewed
internal feedback loop
feedback comes from leadership but also from informal peer groups
leadership style in which the leader uses shared decision-making and views
followers as equals
democratic leadership style
group discussion is encouraged
relies on 2-way communication that builds a trust-based culture that fosters creativity
leadership style in which the leader delegates the powers of decision-making and
planning to the followers but is still responsible for the outcomes
laissez-faire leadership style
creates a chaotic environment with little structure or concern for task
completion/consistency
a leadership style in which school leaders identify their strengths/weaknesses then
collaborative leadership style
collaborate with others who have strengths that fill the existing voids
a leadership theory that says the situation matters when assessing leadership, not just
the traits of the leader, so the leader must adapt to fit the current situation
situational leadership theory
ex. Fiedler Contingency model, Vrom-Yetton Decision Model, Vroom-Jago Model
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