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Formative Assessment - Conducted by teachers to improve instruction. Data collected through daily ongoing lessons in order to measure a students achievement. Examples include anecdotal records, quizzes and essays, diagnostic tests, and lab reports Clinical supervision - The direct supervision of a teacher in the classroom for the purpose of defining the teachers professional development needs Summative assessment - State tests, compare results to others. Other examples include end of cours...

A needs assessment is a systematic process for - a. surveying teachers to determine areas of improvement and where to allocate resources. b. determining and addressing the needs or gaps between current conditions and desired conditions or wants. c. using student achievement data to drive decisions made in the classroom. d. analyzing resources and determining allocation on desired student achievement. Which of the following stakeholders are involved in the SIP? - a. administration, SAC, tea...

During a job fair, an assistant principal is interviewing a teacher who has just finished college and has not yet taught in a classroom. The needs of the school will require the new teacher to differentiate instruction among a diverse population. What questions should the assistant principal ask to determine if the teacher will be effective at the school? A. What are the laws and regulations regarding Exceptional Student Education and IEPs in your classroom? B. What did you learn during yo...

C1- Standard Based Instruction - Drives most decision in public schools C1- Walkthroughs/ Standards - Use walkthroughs to identify standards alignments by looking at objectives in lesson plans and observing teachers and students in the classroom C1- Standards alignment can be seen in: - - lesson plans - lesson objectives - communication between teachers and students - instruction - textbook and curriculum C1- Monitoring Student Performance - What are the trends of the data? Are scores in...

A new principal has just been appointed at a high school and has been advised by the district office that in the past, the school improvement plan did not include professional development for teachers. Identify the most useful information the principal and the SAC should consider in developing a new school improvement plan? A. information on successful previous professional development offerings B. analysis of classroom-level student achievement data C. informal survey of teachers' inte...

Can organizations advocate support from high school or grade school students? - No School boards may not encourage/discourage teachers from joining - True The most reliable source of information on a perspective teacher is - official college transcript Good faith bargaining - Both parties agree to discuss issues and reach a mutually accepted agreement The job of induction is to eliminate the possibility of individual failure or maladjustment T/F? - False The purpose of an induction program...

C1- Diverse faculty and staff -Diverse student population require diverse teaching and administrative staff. - Diverse faculty motivated to work with disadvantages minority students - Higher academic expectations of minority students, results in increased academic and social growth among students - Diverse student population achieve more academically when engaged by own racial and ethnic groups - Exposure to variety of ethnicities help reduce stereotypes and promotes cross-cultural social ...

how does an administrator determine whether an educational or physical accommodation has been made? (4) -through observations, IEP plans, meetings, and use of support staff. What does an IEP require? (9) -a written plan that is detailed including present student levels, how the disability affects the child's educational involvement, what supplemental aids or programs will be necessary for the student to achieve their goals, short term goals, modifications, objectives, benchmarks, annual go...

FELE Subtest 3 90Q how does an administrator determine whether an educational or physical accommodation has been made? (4) - through observations, IEP plans, meetings, and use of support staff. What does an IEP require? (9) - a written plan that is detailed including present student levels, how the disability affects the child's educational involvement, what supplemental aids or programs will be necessary for the student to achieve their goals, short term goals, modifications, objectives, ...

FTE of students -Full Time Equivalent. A student can be counted as 1.0 FTE for 900 hours of instruction during the school year (180 days X 5 hr/days). If a student attend less than the full day, their FTC= # min/wk / 1500. When referring to FTE, the state is referring to "head count". (PCF) Program Cost Factors -Annually set by legislature-reflect relative cost of providing educational programs. compares the cost per student for each program in relation to the cost of providing services t...