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A principal recently led a comprehensive process for
developing a new school vision, along with related goals and
plans for achieving the vision. The principal is pleased to see
a high level of enthusiasm among teachers and other
stakeholders for supporting the school's new improvement
efforts. Which actions would best help ensure that the new
vision remains a dynamic force in guiding school activity and
promoting stakeholder energy and commitment over time? -
Correct Answers ✅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: - Correct Answers ✅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? - Correct
Answers ✅Provided teachers with time and resources to
engage in regular collaborative analysis of student
performance data
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The members of the 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 input 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? - Correct Answers ✅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 sources to reflect on which of
the following questions? - Correct Answers ✅What 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 discussions and workgroups and reached a
consensus on a vision that they believe represents the values
and priorities of the community. Feedback from the school
community was incorporated into the final version of the
vision. Which of the following outcomes is the most important
benefit of using this approach to develop a school vision? -
Correct Answers ✅Helping promote shared commitment to
and ownership of the school's vision
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A secondary school principal has been informed by district
leaders that her most important goal for the coming year
must be to oversee improvements in student performance in
English and mathematics. The principal is likely to make the
greatest progress towards achieving this goal if she gives the
highest priority to implementing strategies that - Correct
Answers ✅Allow her to maintain a strong daily and long-
term focus on high leverage instructional leadership activities
Which of the following actions by a principal would best help
ensure that teachers view the schools educational vision as a
central component in school decision-making? - Correct
Answers ✅Framing teachers discussions and debates about
potential program changes or new school initiatives in the
context of the vision
A middle schools 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 -
Correct Answers ✅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 students reading
proficiency reveals that the plan that is being implemented to