Superintendent exam Questions and Answers
curriculum mapping - process indexing or diagraming a curriculum to identify and address academic
gaps, redundancies, and misalignments for purposes of improving the overall coherence of a course of
study and, by extension, its effectiveness
Storming - 2nd and most disruptive stage of becoming a group. In this stage people vie for power and
conflicts erupt. Leaders need to be prepared and model behavior that will facilitate quickly moving
through the storming phase.
Moral norms - deal with an understanding of what is right vs. what is wrong.
open decision making - This process allows for a group to add their own input from the group of team
members and then collectively come to a decision based on this input. It is a popular tool used in
educational systems since different parties, such as administrators, teachers and parents will all be part
of the open-decision making process.
Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom. - researchers established best practices that are essential
for leaders who are providing developmental supervision?
the change theory - involves plausibility, has to be doable, is testable and has meaning. Additionally,
involves long term goals and outcomes and ways to reach these outcomes. Further, the change theory is
communicated and supported by the stakeholders and can be tested to determine the effectiveness of the
change.
SIPT - The web based and is used by principals and educators. It allows them to access achievement
and demographic data about their school on the internet.
What is a school budget used for? - justify the collection and spending of public funds.
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act; - as signed into law on March 31, 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
The Act provides resources to states and communities to ensure that all students reach their full
potential.
International Society for Technology Standard 1 - Leadership and vision: "Educational leaders inspire a
shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster an environment and culture
conducive to the realization of that vision"
International Society for Technology Standard 2 - Learning and teaching: Educational leaders should
make sure curricular design integrates appropriate technology for maximized learning (
International Society for Technology Standard 3 - Productivity and professional practice: Technology
applied to enhance the professional practice of educational leaders
International Society for Technology Standard 4 - Support, management, and operations: The
integration of technology to support productive systems
International Society for Technology Standard 5 - Assessment and evaluation: Implementing systems of
evaluation and assessment
International Society for Technology Standard 6 - social, legal and ethical issues: Educational leaders
understand the social, legal and ethical issues related to technology.
teachers utilize the "nine intelligences". This intelligence encompasses aesthetics, philosophy and
religion. - Students' relationship to the world is the main focus of this "intelligence".
, Recognize contributions by showing appreciation for individual excellence." - "Encourage the heart"
practice of leadership?
What is the most important thing to consider before making an investment in educational technology? -
how it will be used in the instructional program. An investment, no matter how small, will not be
worthwhile if it does not serve an instructional purpose.
Line relationships - establishes lines of authority. make it possible for employees to understand the
chain of command in a school district.
Multicultural Education - this approach to cultural diversity in education is at least three things: an idea
or concept, educational reform movement and process.
Behavioral Therapy - This theory make the assumption that leaders are made and not born.
Curricular design - When designing curricular units, there are 12 sequential steps that should be taken.
They are Unwrap priority standards, create graphic organizer, determine the big ideas, create post
assessment for end of unit, create pre-assessment, identity both vocabulary and interdisciplinary
connections to today's learning skills, plan engaging experiences for students, collect resource materials,
recommend instructional strategies, detail unit planning organizer, create informal progress checks, and
document daily or weekly lessons.
A criterion-referenced test - A style of test which uses test scores to generate a statement about the
behavior that can be expected of a person with that score. Most tests and quizzes that are written by
school teachers can be considered criterion-referenced tests.
learning adaptations - With learning __________ the principal will change and provide teachers with
different ways to learn in order to professionally grow and enhance classroom instruction.
3 steps in creating a mission statement - There are three parts to creating a mission statement. They
are vision, mission, and core values. The mission is a general statement on how the school will achieve its
vision. The vision is a big picture idea of what the school wants to achieve. Core values are an idea of how
the school and members will behave during the process.
The Open Systems Theory - Theory that says the environment influences changes and utilizes
collaboration between personnel and the community.
The Classical Organizational Theory - Theory is used by school leaders when their overall goal is to
promote structure, rules, policies regulations and procedures.
The Social Systems Theory - The Theory that views the organization as a whole and allows personnel to
share ideas and opinions.
The Motivation-Hygiene theory - The theory utilizes the concepts of self esteem, self actualization,
safety and belonging as major themes within it.
Primary prevention - level used to prevent problems and promote social development?
John Dewey - He is a social theorist. He theorized that education was a key to improving society. He is
identified as the Father of American Education. He further believed that learning is active, messy and also
has as its foundation in philosophy. The philosophy is what drives the outcomes and the procedures for
the school and the learning of the student.
Inverted U Model (also known as Yerkes-Dodson Law) - This is used to enhance his performance. The
model shows the relationship between performance and pressure. The model has 4 main influencers. They
are skill level, personality, trait anxiety, and task complexity.
curriculum mapping - process indexing or diagraming a curriculum to identify and address academic
gaps, redundancies, and misalignments for purposes of improving the overall coherence of a course of
study and, by extension, its effectiveness
Storming - 2nd and most disruptive stage of becoming a group. In this stage people vie for power and
conflicts erupt. Leaders need to be prepared and model behavior that will facilitate quickly moving
through the storming phase.
Moral norms - deal with an understanding of what is right vs. what is wrong.
open decision making - This process allows for a group to add their own input from the group of team
members and then collectively come to a decision based on this input. It is a popular tool used in
educational systems since different parties, such as administrators, teachers and parents will all be part
of the open-decision making process.
Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom. - researchers established best practices that are essential
for leaders who are providing developmental supervision?
the change theory - involves plausibility, has to be doable, is testable and has meaning. Additionally,
involves long term goals and outcomes and ways to reach these outcomes. Further, the change theory is
communicated and supported by the stakeholders and can be tested to determine the effectiveness of the
change.
SIPT - The web based and is used by principals and educators. It allows them to access achievement
and demographic data about their school on the internet.
What is a school budget used for? - justify the collection and spending of public funds.
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act; - as signed into law on March 31, 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
The Act provides resources to states and communities to ensure that all students reach their full
potential.
International Society for Technology Standard 1 - Leadership and vision: "Educational leaders inspire a
shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster an environment and culture
conducive to the realization of that vision"
International Society for Technology Standard 2 - Learning and teaching: Educational leaders should
make sure curricular design integrates appropriate technology for maximized learning (
International Society for Technology Standard 3 - Productivity and professional practice: Technology
applied to enhance the professional practice of educational leaders
International Society for Technology Standard 4 - Support, management, and operations: The
integration of technology to support productive systems
International Society for Technology Standard 5 - Assessment and evaluation: Implementing systems of
evaluation and assessment
International Society for Technology Standard 6 - social, legal and ethical issues: Educational leaders
understand the social, legal and ethical issues related to technology.
teachers utilize the "nine intelligences". This intelligence encompasses aesthetics, philosophy and
religion. - Students' relationship to the world is the main focus of this "intelligence".
, Recognize contributions by showing appreciation for individual excellence." - "Encourage the heart"
practice of leadership?
What is the most important thing to consider before making an investment in educational technology? -
how it will be used in the instructional program. An investment, no matter how small, will not be
worthwhile if it does not serve an instructional purpose.
Line relationships - establishes lines of authority. make it possible for employees to understand the
chain of command in a school district.
Multicultural Education - this approach to cultural diversity in education is at least three things: an idea
or concept, educational reform movement and process.
Behavioral Therapy - This theory make the assumption that leaders are made and not born.
Curricular design - When designing curricular units, there are 12 sequential steps that should be taken.
They are Unwrap priority standards, create graphic organizer, determine the big ideas, create post
assessment for end of unit, create pre-assessment, identity both vocabulary and interdisciplinary
connections to today's learning skills, plan engaging experiences for students, collect resource materials,
recommend instructional strategies, detail unit planning organizer, create informal progress checks, and
document daily or weekly lessons.
A criterion-referenced test - A style of test which uses test scores to generate a statement about the
behavior that can be expected of a person with that score. Most tests and quizzes that are written by
school teachers can be considered criterion-referenced tests.
learning adaptations - With learning __________ the principal will change and provide teachers with
different ways to learn in order to professionally grow and enhance classroom instruction.
3 steps in creating a mission statement - There are three parts to creating a mission statement. They
are vision, mission, and core values. The mission is a general statement on how the school will achieve its
vision. The vision is a big picture idea of what the school wants to achieve. Core values are an idea of how
the school and members will behave during the process.
The Open Systems Theory - Theory that says the environment influences changes and utilizes
collaboration between personnel and the community.
The Classical Organizational Theory - Theory is used by school leaders when their overall goal is to
promote structure, rules, policies regulations and procedures.
The Social Systems Theory - The Theory that views the organization as a whole and allows personnel to
share ideas and opinions.
The Motivation-Hygiene theory - The theory utilizes the concepts of self esteem, self actualization,
safety and belonging as major themes within it.
Primary prevention - level used to prevent problems and promote social development?
John Dewey - He is a social theorist. He theorized that education was a key to improving society. He is
identified as the Father of American Education. He further believed that learning is active, messy and also
has as its foundation in philosophy. The philosophy is what drives the outcomes and the procedures for
the school and the learning of the student.
Inverted U Model (also known as Yerkes-Dodson Law) - This is used to enhance his performance. The
model shows the relationship between performance and pressure. The model has 4 main influencers. They
are skill level, personality, trait anxiety, and task complexity.
