CERTIFIED PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONAL
SUPERVISION CPWP-S EXAM 2026 ADVANCED
TEST PRACTICE AND STUDY PACK
◉ Non-Academic Student Data. Answer: Includes attendance and
behavior referrals
◉ Perceptual Data. Answer: Another important source of student
data is from their own voices and perceptions.
◉ Shared Leadership. Answer: Power shared is power gained.
Decisions should be made by those most affected by outcome.
◉ Motivating a group. Answer: Enable members to find meaning in
accomplishing the task of the group and increase congruence
between goals of the individual and group
◉ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 1974).
Answer: Allows students access to their school records, opportunity
to seek or amend their own records
,◉ Learning Paradigm (Barr and Tagg). Answer: The ultimate goal is
a transition to learning-centered communities, which can be
achieved with learning-centered technology
◉ Student Development Theory (Chickering). Answer: Chickering's
Seven Vectors: theorize the "tasks" that students must go through
while developing their identity--- Developing competence, emotions,
interdependence, interpersonal relationships, identity, purpose,
integrity
◉ Adjunct Faculty. Answer: Due to the rise in for-profit educational
institutions (Hentschke, Tierney, & Lechuga)
◉ Morrill Act (1862). Answer: Land Grant College Act signed by
Lincoln, granted each state 30k acres of public land. Focused on
practical professions such as agriculture and mechanical
engineering, led to America's creation of vocational studies
◉ John Dewey. Answer: (1859-1952) Regarded education in a
democracy as a tool to integrate culture and vocation usefully.
Radical reform of both pedagogical methods and curricula needed.
Complete Act of Thought Method for Problem Soving. Students solve
questions based on scientific interest, incorporates cooperative
learning. Pragmatism, Progressivism, a Progressive Functionalist
and Academic Scientism advocate
,◉ Maria Montessori. Answer: (1870-1952) Study of mentally
deficient children led to focus on biological development. Children
can sustain focus when interested, rewards and punishments are not
required. Curriculum includes practical life, sensory stimulation, and
formal skills. Rejects imagination stimulation by fairytales and
prefers use of science
◉ Constructivist Theories of Learning. Answer: Suggests that
learners construct knowledge out of their experiences (learning by
doing)
◉ Maslow's Hierarchy of Need (1948). Answer: 1. Physiological
needs
2. Safety and securtiy
3. Belonging (love and social)
4. Esteem (deserved respect)
5. Self-Actualization (self fulfillment)
◉ Decision Making Process. Answer: R-ecognize and define problem
A-nalyze the difficulties in the existing situation
E-stablish criteria
D-evelop a plan
I-nitiate the plan
, ◉ 10th Amendment. Answer: State control of schools
◉ Supremacy Clause (of the U.S. Constitution). Answer: Allows
federal government to direct education
◉ 14th Amendment (to the U.S. Constitution). Answer: Equal
protection under laws. The 14th Amendment prohibits any state
from denying "to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws"
◉ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Answer:
Highest special education law (1975): disabled children have the
right to a free public education
◉ Brown Act (California). Answer: Guarantees the public's right to
attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies (school
board meetings)
◉ RODDA Act (1975). Answer: The first collective bargaining law for
public school employees: includes wages, hours of employment,
health and welfare benefits, leaves, transfers, reassignments, safety
conditions, class size, evaluation procedures, organizational security,
grievance procedures, certain aspects of layoffs, and procedures for
discipline
SUPERVISION CPWP-S EXAM 2026 ADVANCED
TEST PRACTICE AND STUDY PACK
◉ Non-Academic Student Data. Answer: Includes attendance and
behavior referrals
◉ Perceptual Data. Answer: Another important source of student
data is from their own voices and perceptions.
◉ Shared Leadership. Answer: Power shared is power gained.
Decisions should be made by those most affected by outcome.
◉ Motivating a group. Answer: Enable members to find meaning in
accomplishing the task of the group and increase congruence
between goals of the individual and group
◉ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 1974).
Answer: Allows students access to their school records, opportunity
to seek or amend their own records
,◉ Learning Paradigm (Barr and Tagg). Answer: The ultimate goal is
a transition to learning-centered communities, which can be
achieved with learning-centered technology
◉ Student Development Theory (Chickering). Answer: Chickering's
Seven Vectors: theorize the "tasks" that students must go through
while developing their identity--- Developing competence, emotions,
interdependence, interpersonal relationships, identity, purpose,
integrity
◉ Adjunct Faculty. Answer: Due to the rise in for-profit educational
institutions (Hentschke, Tierney, & Lechuga)
◉ Morrill Act (1862). Answer: Land Grant College Act signed by
Lincoln, granted each state 30k acres of public land. Focused on
practical professions such as agriculture and mechanical
engineering, led to America's creation of vocational studies
◉ John Dewey. Answer: (1859-1952) Regarded education in a
democracy as a tool to integrate culture and vocation usefully.
Radical reform of both pedagogical methods and curricula needed.
Complete Act of Thought Method for Problem Soving. Students solve
questions based on scientific interest, incorporates cooperative
learning. Pragmatism, Progressivism, a Progressive Functionalist
and Academic Scientism advocate
,◉ Maria Montessori. Answer: (1870-1952) Study of mentally
deficient children led to focus on biological development. Children
can sustain focus when interested, rewards and punishments are not
required. Curriculum includes practical life, sensory stimulation, and
formal skills. Rejects imagination stimulation by fairytales and
prefers use of science
◉ Constructivist Theories of Learning. Answer: Suggests that
learners construct knowledge out of their experiences (learning by
doing)
◉ Maslow's Hierarchy of Need (1948). Answer: 1. Physiological
needs
2. Safety and securtiy
3. Belonging (love and social)
4. Esteem (deserved respect)
5. Self-Actualization (self fulfillment)
◉ Decision Making Process. Answer: R-ecognize and define problem
A-nalyze the difficulties in the existing situation
E-stablish criteria
D-evelop a plan
I-nitiate the plan
, ◉ 10th Amendment. Answer: State control of schools
◉ Supremacy Clause (of the U.S. Constitution). Answer: Allows
federal government to direct education
◉ 14th Amendment (to the U.S. Constitution). Answer: Equal
protection under laws. The 14th Amendment prohibits any state
from denying "to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws"
◉ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Answer:
Highest special education law (1975): disabled children have the
right to a free public education
◉ Brown Act (California). Answer: Guarantees the public's right to
attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies (school
board meetings)
◉ RODDA Act (1975). Answer: The first collective bargaining law for
public school employees: includes wages, hours of employment,
health and welfare benefits, leaves, transfers, reassignments, safety
conditions, class size, evaluation procedures, organizational security,
grievance procedures, certain aspects of layoffs, and procedures for
discipline
