WGU D016 Vocab Quiz Questions with 100% Complete Solutions, Rated A+

4 components to create a positive culture - cORRECT sOLUTION 1) promote trust 2) establish growth-oriented culture 3) commitment to diversity/equity/inclusion 4) cultivate emotional intelligence mission statement - cORRECT sOLUTION a short sentence that defines the school's goals, philosophies, and purpose; should guide decision making vision statement - cORRECT sOLUTION a description of what the school would like to achieve in the future; should be succinct, timely (relevant), and personal to the school core values - cORRECT sOLUTION the traits of how individuals should act and what to base their decisions on; ex. integrity, respect, responsible, trust, honesty conversational leadership - cORRECT sOLUTION when the leader intentionally uses conversation as a core process for creating collective intelligence, creating trust, transparency, and inclusion through 2-way communication trust - cORRECT sOLUTION when students/staff respect the decision of the principal and believe the principal has their best interests at heart; formed by benevolence, reliability, competence, honesty, and openness transparency - cORRECT sOLUTION open communication of how and why decisions are made; explains when/why information can or cannot be shared inclusion - cORRECT sOLUTION considering the gen ed classroom as the placement of 1st choice for all learners; requires the whole community and a rejection of the "that's not my job, those are not my students" mindset universal design - cORRECT sOLUTION when educators think about their students and their various learning styles BEFORE creating content and making instruction/assessment decisions rational system - cORRECT sOLUTION sees organizations as machines to achieve specific goals and focuses on efficiency/design through goals and formalization ex. Frederick Taylor's time and motion studies to figure out the most efficient movements on the assembly line goals - cORRECT sOLUTION specific parameters to be met that are clear and can allow an organization to work together towards a purpose should direct decision making, specify tasks, and guide allocation of resources formalization - cORRECT sOLUTION the development of rules to help standardize performance and promote rational decision-making based on facts exception principle - cORRECT sOLUTION supervisors must deal with the situations that arise that don't fit an existing rule or regulation natural system - cORRECT sOLUTION sees organizations as social groups, uses a human-relations approach, and views creative tension as helping to build an organization ex. Mary Parker Follet said that individuals bring with them their own needs, beliefs, values, and motivations Hawthorne Studies - cORRECT sOLUTION social factors affect workers' productivity more than environmental factors like lighting or temperature open system - cORRECT sOLUTION views organizations as systems of groups of participants, and as NOT self-contained says schools are affected by internal relationships and structures as well as outside forces (like political pressures, laws, movements, and resources) that the schools try to stabilize and integrate social system - cORRECT sOLUTION says schools interact with the external environment and community stakeholders to meet common goals, and that schools have their own distinct cultures this type of system is an open system, peopled, goal-oriented, structural, normative, and sanction-bearing external feedback loop - cORRECT sOLUTION feedback loop that indirectly evaluates individuals by examining the behavior of a school based on community expectations, group norms, and organizational goals internal feedback loop - cORRECT sOLUTION feedback loop that directly evaluated individuals and informs how their behavior is viewed