NEW School Leadership Licensure Assessment (SLLA)
6990 Exam Guide 2023 with complete solution
I. Strategic Leadership
A. Mission, vision, goals, and core values
B. Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals.
C. Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understands how to develop an educational mission for the school to promote the
academic success and well-being of each student.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understand how to analyze multiple sources of data about current practice before
developing or revising the mission, vision, and goals.
1. Selects appropriate school goals that are aligned with district goals and based on
data.
2. Evaluates if the current mission, vision, and goals are appropriate.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understands how to implement a vision and goals that reflect core values and are
created with challenging and measurable expectations for all student and educators.
1. Determines if expectations are measurable, rigorous, and connected to the vision and
goals.
2. Develops goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, results driven, and time-
bound.
3. Identifies resources for developing the mission, vision, and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Knows how the vision and goals relate to local, state, and federal policies.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understand how to model the school's mission, vision, and core values in all aspects of
leadership.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
Understands how to engage staff and community members with diverse perspectives in
implementing the vision and achieving goals.
1. Identifies strategies to engage internal and external communities with diverse
perspectives to implement the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
Know how to develop shared commitments and responsibilities among staff and the
community for selecting and carrying out effective strategies to achieve the vision and
goals.
1. Build consensus
2. develop a plan to delegate responsibilities.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
Know how to determine and implement effective strategies to evaluate progress toward
the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
, Knows how to communicate the shared vision and goals in ways that facilitate key
faculty, staff, students, parents, and community members' ability to understand, support,
and act on them.
1. Selects and assesses communication strategies for faculty, staff, students, parents,
and community members.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Understands how to use and interpret multiple sources of data to conduct a needs
analysis to identify unique strengths, needs, gaps, and areas of improvement for
students and teachers.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Knows how to use data-driven decision making, research, and best practices
systematically to design and monitor plans, programs, and activities to achieve the
vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Knows effective strategies to facilitate needed change.
1. Manages uncertainty and risk.
2. Supports the needs of individuals during the change process.
3. Communicates the needs, process, and outcomes of improvement efforts.
4. Identifies and knows strategies to address barriers to achieving the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Knows how to engage staff, students, and community in planning, implementing, and
assessing program and activities.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Understands the strategic planning process to promote alignment among all aspects of
the school organization.
1. Formulates appropriate critical questions to outline processes and criteria.
2. Uses relevant data and evidence-based inquiry to formulate a plan.
3. Identifies and aligns resources, including technology, to support and achieve the
mission, vision, goals and core values.
4. Engages faculty, staff, family and community members.
II. Instructional Leadership
A. Professional development and building capacity.
B. Rigorous curriculum and instruction.
C. Assessment and accountability.
II. Instructional Leadership - Professional development and building capacity
Know how to develop and implement job-embedded, standards-based professional
development that meets the learning needs of student and staff.
1. Develops processes to support teachers' growth and student learning.
2. Analyzes situations and recommends appropriate teaching and learning practices.
II. Instructional Leadership - Professional development and building capacity
Understands how to use data to provide ongoing feedback to teachers that improves
practice and student learning.
1. Develops a process to provide actionable feedback (e.g. for example, co-teaching,
peer coaching, and classroom walk-throughs) to increase teacher effectiveness and
student performance.
2. Participates in collaborative data analysis (e.g. for example, evaluates student work
6990 Exam Guide 2023 with complete solution
I. Strategic Leadership
A. Mission, vision, goals, and core values
B. Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals.
C. Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understands how to develop an educational mission for the school to promote the
academic success and well-being of each student.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understand how to analyze multiple sources of data about current practice before
developing or revising the mission, vision, and goals.
1. Selects appropriate school goals that are aligned with district goals and based on
data.
2. Evaluates if the current mission, vision, and goals are appropriate.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understands how to implement a vision and goals that reflect core values and are
created with challenging and measurable expectations for all student and educators.
1. Determines if expectations are measurable, rigorous, and connected to the vision and
goals.
2. Develops goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, results driven, and time-
bound.
3. Identifies resources for developing the mission, vision, and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Knows how the vision and goals relate to local, state, and federal policies.
I. Strategic Leadership - Mission, vision, goals, and core values
Understand how to model the school's mission, vision, and core values in all aspects of
leadership.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
Understands how to engage staff and community members with diverse perspectives in
implementing the vision and achieving goals.
1. Identifies strategies to engage internal and external communities with diverse
perspectives to implement the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
Know how to develop shared commitments and responsibilities among staff and the
community for selecting and carrying out effective strategies to achieve the vision and
goals.
1. Build consensus
2. develop a plan to delegate responsibilities.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
Know how to determine and implement effective strategies to evaluate progress toward
the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Shared commitments to implement the vision and goals
, Knows how to communicate the shared vision and goals in ways that facilitate key
faculty, staff, students, parents, and community members' ability to understand, support,
and act on them.
1. Selects and assesses communication strategies for faculty, staff, students, parents,
and community members.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Understands how to use and interpret multiple sources of data to conduct a needs
analysis to identify unique strengths, needs, gaps, and areas of improvement for
students and teachers.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Knows how to use data-driven decision making, research, and best practices
systematically to design and monitor plans, programs, and activities to achieve the
vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Knows effective strategies to facilitate needed change.
1. Manages uncertainty and risk.
2. Supports the needs of individuals during the change process.
3. Communicates the needs, process, and outcomes of improvement efforts.
4. Identifies and knows strategies to address barriers to achieving the vision and goals.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Knows how to engage staff, students, and community in planning, implementing, and
assessing program and activities.
I. Strategic Leadership - Continuous improvement toward the vision and goals
Understands the strategic planning process to promote alignment among all aspects of
the school organization.
1. Formulates appropriate critical questions to outline processes and criteria.
2. Uses relevant data and evidence-based inquiry to formulate a plan.
3. Identifies and aligns resources, including technology, to support and achieve the
mission, vision, goals and core values.
4. Engages faculty, staff, family and community members.
II. Instructional Leadership
A. Professional development and building capacity.
B. Rigorous curriculum and instruction.
C. Assessment and accountability.
II. Instructional Leadership - Professional development and building capacity
Know how to develop and implement job-embedded, standards-based professional
development that meets the learning needs of student and staff.
1. Develops processes to support teachers' growth and student learning.
2. Analyzes situations and recommends appropriate teaching and learning practices.
II. Instructional Leadership - Professional development and building capacity
Understands how to use data to provide ongoing feedback to teachers that improves
practice and student learning.
1. Develops a process to provide actionable feedback (e.g. for example, co-teaching,
peer coaching, and classroom walk-throughs) to increase teacher effectiveness and
student performance.
2. Participates in collaborative data analysis (e.g. for example, evaluates student work
