WGU D016 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS
EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
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✔✔characteristics of educational leadership -✔✔Characteristics associated with
educational leaders are honesty, transparency, and empathy. A leader's ethical
approach needs to model what is expected of those they are leading. Relationships are
important; however, the video points to a key component of understanding the
difference between friendship and professionalism. While both relationships require
honesty, transparency, and empathy, the modeling of these behaviors in a professional
environment is crucial in building the trust that is necessary to allow an organization to
grow and evolve toward a common goal.
✔✔Inspirational Power -✔✔Influence of a person based on other people's admiration
and desire to model themselves after him or her.
✔✔charismatic power -✔✔form of personal power that makes people attracted to you
✔✔expert power -✔✔influence based on special skills or knowledge
✔✔persuasive power -✔✔Power derived from a person's ability to allocate and
manipulate rewards. power due to the ability to use logic and facts to persuade,
✔✔knowledge power -✔✔Gaining knowledge in order to perform and action. Power
derived from a person's ability to control unique and valuable information
✔✔coersive power -✔✔Power based on fear. power that comes from the ability to
punish
✔✔personal beliefs -✔✔My personal beliefs and values focus on how I can be a better
person today than I was yesterday. I am not in competition with others, only myself. I
utilize and value time to reflect on ways I am able to support and empathize with others
, as well as ways in which I can improve and grow. Others perceive me as driven,
focused, and dedicated. I understand the importance of relationships as being critical to
success as a leader. I am viewed as being humble, ensuring the focus is never about
me as an individual but rather the collective success of the group or those around me.
When reading this educational leader's sample response, notice how the expert
describes their perception, beliefs, values, and plan for growth.
✔✔four component model of moral maturity -✔✔1.Moral sensitivity. This involves the
ability to interpret the reactions of other people and to be aware of how our actions
affect others. • 2.Moral judgment. This refers to intuitions about what is most fair and
moral. • 3.Moral motivation. This is the importance assigned to professional moral
values over personal values when one is faced with an ethical dilemma. 4.Moral
character. This refers to an individual's disposition to act on her moral convictions.
✔✔Three ethical levels -✔✔1. personal interest level: The reason for doing "the right
thing" at this level is to serve one's own needs or interests.
2. maintaining norms level: dilemma resolution is focused on maintaining the existing
legal system, rules, and/or societal and professional norms or codes.
3. post conventional level: dilemmas are resolved on the basis of consensus-producing
procedures (e.g., majority vote), due process, safeguarding minimal basic rights, or on
an appeal to moral principles.
✔✔four component model of moral behavior -✔✔refers to the model developed by
Narvaez and Rest, which states that the production of moral behavior requires moral
sensitivity, reasoning, motivation, and character.(1) courage; (2) a philosophy of the
common good; (3) gut feelings; and (4) difficulty in defining ethics.
✔✔The 5 P's of ethical power are: -✔✔-purpose
- pride
- patience
- perspective
-persistience
✔✔moral compass -✔✔used in reference to a person's ability to judge what is right and
wrong and act accordingly.
Example: My moral compass gauges whether the decision I am making enhances the
overall experiences of those around me. I have had the opportunity to learn and grow as
a teacher in embracing and respecting individuality. When I first began teaching, I had a
limited understanding of the term "inclusive education." I had a fixed mindset when it
came to student learning—some students were good at math, and others were strong
readers. During my teaching career, I met a high school junior who read on a second-
grade level and was enrolled in my Algebra 2 classroom. He was not planning on
attending college, had very specific goals in his educational plan, and needed to pass
my class to graduate. The easy route would have been to just let him slide through and
pass to avoid the complication and extra work required to meet his goals. The ethical
decision, however, was to maintain a high standard and provide the appropriate
EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
A+
✔✔characteristics of educational leadership -✔✔Characteristics associated with
educational leaders are honesty, transparency, and empathy. A leader's ethical
approach needs to model what is expected of those they are leading. Relationships are
important; however, the video points to a key component of understanding the
difference between friendship and professionalism. While both relationships require
honesty, transparency, and empathy, the modeling of these behaviors in a professional
environment is crucial in building the trust that is necessary to allow an organization to
grow and evolve toward a common goal.
✔✔Inspirational Power -✔✔Influence of a person based on other people's admiration
and desire to model themselves after him or her.
✔✔charismatic power -✔✔form of personal power that makes people attracted to you
✔✔expert power -✔✔influence based on special skills or knowledge
✔✔persuasive power -✔✔Power derived from a person's ability to allocate and
manipulate rewards. power due to the ability to use logic and facts to persuade,
✔✔knowledge power -✔✔Gaining knowledge in order to perform and action. Power
derived from a person's ability to control unique and valuable information
✔✔coersive power -✔✔Power based on fear. power that comes from the ability to
punish
✔✔personal beliefs -✔✔My personal beliefs and values focus on how I can be a better
person today than I was yesterday. I am not in competition with others, only myself. I
utilize and value time to reflect on ways I am able to support and empathize with others
, as well as ways in which I can improve and grow. Others perceive me as driven,
focused, and dedicated. I understand the importance of relationships as being critical to
success as a leader. I am viewed as being humble, ensuring the focus is never about
me as an individual but rather the collective success of the group or those around me.
When reading this educational leader's sample response, notice how the expert
describes their perception, beliefs, values, and plan for growth.
✔✔four component model of moral maturity -✔✔1.Moral sensitivity. This involves the
ability to interpret the reactions of other people and to be aware of how our actions
affect others. • 2.Moral judgment. This refers to intuitions about what is most fair and
moral. • 3.Moral motivation. This is the importance assigned to professional moral
values over personal values when one is faced with an ethical dilemma. 4.Moral
character. This refers to an individual's disposition to act on her moral convictions.
✔✔Three ethical levels -✔✔1. personal interest level: The reason for doing "the right
thing" at this level is to serve one's own needs or interests.
2. maintaining norms level: dilemma resolution is focused on maintaining the existing
legal system, rules, and/or societal and professional norms or codes.
3. post conventional level: dilemmas are resolved on the basis of consensus-producing
procedures (e.g., majority vote), due process, safeguarding minimal basic rights, or on
an appeal to moral principles.
✔✔four component model of moral behavior -✔✔refers to the model developed by
Narvaez and Rest, which states that the production of moral behavior requires moral
sensitivity, reasoning, motivation, and character.(1) courage; (2) a philosophy of the
common good; (3) gut feelings; and (4) difficulty in defining ethics.
✔✔The 5 P's of ethical power are: -✔✔-purpose
- pride
- patience
- perspective
-persistience
✔✔moral compass -✔✔used in reference to a person's ability to judge what is right and
wrong and act accordingly.
Example: My moral compass gauges whether the decision I am making enhances the
overall experiences of those around me. I have had the opportunity to learn and grow as
a teacher in embracing and respecting individuality. When I first began teaching, I had a
limited understanding of the term "inclusive education." I had a fixed mindset when it
came to student learning—some students were good at math, and others were strong
readers. During my teaching career, I met a high school junior who read on a second-
grade level and was enrolled in my Algebra 2 classroom. He was not planning on
attending college, had very specific goals in his educational plan, and needed to pass
my class to graduate. The easy route would have been to just let him slide through and
pass to avoid the complication and extra work required to meet his goals. The ethical
decision, however, was to maintain a high standard and provide the appropriate
