Question 1: Communication from the middle school is directed to parents through emails and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. After relatively few parents come to curriculum nights and parent conferences, the school decides to focus on a plan to increase attendance. What two solutions would be the most reasonable to consider?

• Requiring families to follow social media or to be responsible for information brought home by students
• Ensuring that communication is translated for students who live in non-English-speaking homes (Correct answer)
• Providing childcare and dinner for families who attend parent meetings
• Exploring alternate communication procedures for parents without access to technology (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Ensuring that communication is translated for students who live in non-English-speaking homes

Explanation: <br> If parents do not hear about the event, they will not be able to attend. Schools should gather information on parents' preferred communication methods. If Internet or phone access is not available to some parents, schools should consider multiple and varied communication options.

Question 2: The parents at an elementary school have complained that they feel uninformed about campus happenings. Which external method of communication should the principal institute to keep parents informed?

• Posting important dates and information on the school's social media accounts
• Publishing an electronic and paper newsletter with important dates and information for parents every month (Correct answer)
• Sending a weekly email update to all parent email addresses on file
• Creating a weekly update template for teachers to complete and send home with students

Correct answer: Publishing an electronic and paper newsletter with important dates and information for parents every month

Explanation: <br> Consistent, relevant communication via multiple platforms will reduce the feelings parents are vocalizing. It also presents parents with the opportunity to plan and participate in campus activities.

Question 3: A school principal is interviewing candidates for an eighth-grade social studies position. They are looking for an educator who has had success in the past collaborating with paraprofessionals to provide inclusion support. <br> <br> Which of the following questions should the principal include in the interview to determine the candidate's ability to fill this need?

• Describe a past experience in which you collaborated with another educator to support the needs of special education students within the general education classroom. (Correct answer)
• Have you ever participated in a co-teaching instructional setting? How was that experience?
• Describe your past experience collaborating with other teachers.
• Tell us about a time in which you experienced a conflict with a coworker and describe the outcome of that conflict.

Correct answer: Describe a past experience in which you collaborated with another educator to support the needs of special education students within the general education classroom.

Explanation: <br> This is the best example of a prompt that focuses on the principal's primary goal of determining whether this person has positive experience working in some sort of co-teaching model with other educators.

Question 4: A principal has completed an observation of one of the fifth-grade classrooms. She had reviewed the teacher's lesson plan prior to the lesson and used a rubric during the observation to note strengths and weaknesses. The lesson went smoothly, with many strengths identified and a few areas for growth. There was one instance where a group of students became distracted and off task, arguing over something that had happened at lunch, but the teacher quickly redirected their behavior and continued with the lesson. Which of the following actions should the principal take following the observation?

• Schedule an additional observation to collect further information
• Place a copy of the rubric in the teacher's mailbox
• Arrange to meet with the teacher to discuss the observation (Correct answer)
• Request that the teacher send the group of students to meet in the office to discuss their behavior

Correct answer: Arrange to meet with the teacher to discuss the observation

Explanation: <br> Teachers should be provided an in-person opportunity to discuss an observation with the administrator.

Question 5: A world history teacher is experiencing difficulty assessing student learning during the lesson. Which of the following is not a formative assessment strategy the principal can encourage the teacher to employ?

• Quick write
• Exit tickets
• Oral presentations (Correct answer)
• Think, pair, share

Correct answer: Oral presentations

Explanation: <br> Oral presentations are a skill-based demonstration of learning; a summative assessment rather than a formative assessment.

Question 6: Over the summer, the sixth-grade ELA teachers each attended a reading and writing workshop. How can the principal best support these teachers as they implement these new instructional practices into their classes for the fall semester?

• Require the teachers to submit a report that summarizes the content of the training they attended along with an explanation of its application to their content area
• Research additional professional development opportunities that would allow the teachers to further develop their understanding of these concepts
• Facilitate a discussion evaluating the quality of the training and whether the professional development is applicable to other core subjects
• Allocate time prior to the start of school to plan for the new implementation, and provide time for reflection and adjustments as the semester progresses

Explanation: <br> By providing designated time to plan and reflect on progress, the principal will be prioritizing the implementation of the new classroom systems.

Question 7: A middle school principal is facilitating a series of book studies as a form of professional development. The principal has formed a committee of teachers to select books based on identified opportunities for growth campus-wide. Staff will have the opportunity to choose from a preselected list of books and will meet with the teachers who choose the same book over the next several months to discuss and reflect on the content of the book. The teachers are free to choose any of the books listed regardless of the grade level or content area that they teach. <br><br> What additional steps should the principal take to support the success of the book studies?

• Providing access to appropriate technology that will support ongoing discourse between group members about the content of the book between less frequent in-person meetings (Correct answer)
• Providing discussion questions for every chapter and requiring individual written responses to be submitted each Monday
• Organizing weekly opportunities for the group members to meet for book discussions during the school day
• Allowing staff to form groups prior to choosing books and to choose books based on group consensus

Correct answer: Providing access to appropriate technology that will support ongoing discourse between group members about the content of the book between less frequent in-person meetings

Explanation: <br> Discussion boards and other technological tools can help the groups remain in contact between group meetings because whole group meetings will be more challenging to schedule.

Question 8: After analyzing data from parent-teacher conferences and curriculum nights, the principal notes an alarming drop in parent attendance numbers each year for the last three years. The structure and format of these events have not changed. What is the best approach for the principal in dealing with this concern?

• Provide additional time and a flexible structure that is convenient for working parents
• Record events for parents so those who cannot attend have the opportunity to view events
• Ask teachers to reach out to their parents to partner on student support and school events (Correct answer)
• Survey parents on questions related to the events using various forms of communication

Correct answer: Ask teachers to reach out to their parents to partner on student support and school events

Explanation: <br> There is a connection between student achievement and parent involvement in a child's education. Partnerships that develop first with teachers will increase the connection between home and school and have the greatest impact on parents feeling welcome at school events.

Question 9: Each summer, the district provides new-to-district orientation for all new hires. This meeting covers district-wide goals and policies. What additional steps should the principal take to onboard new teachers to their campus?

• Review the information discussed at the district level and explain how those goals are represented at the campus level
• Provide the new teachers with campus-specific goals and policies and assign peer teachers to support their transition (Correct answer)
• Focus on the day-to-day expectations, procedures, and routines at the campus level
• Provide training that covers state laws regarding student rights and the legal requirements of educators

Correct answer: Provide the new teachers with campus-specific goals and policies and assign peer teachers to support their transition

Explanation: <br> While campus goals will include the goals set at the district level, there will also be specific goals related to the challenges at the individual campus. Campus-level orientation after a district-wide meeting should focus on the specific campus content and provide the new hire with resources that will help them from day-to-day, like being assigned a peer teacher.

Question 10: Classroom walk-throughs can be a valuable tool for an administrator. The building principal of a high school wants to make sure that he and his assistant principals have a clear understanding of the purpose and process before they start walk-throughs for the year. Which of the following is not an accurate description of a walk-through?

• It is used to gather data in the classroom.
• It is integral to the continuous improvement process.
• It is brief but performed frequently.
• It is utilized as a formal teacher evaluation. (Correct answer)

Correct answer: It is utilized as a formal teacher evaluation.

Explanation: <br> Walk-throughs provide a snapshot of instruction that is informal in nature and non-evaluative.

Question 11: A new middle school has been built in a rural school district. District leaders have met with building administration to establish communication goals and intended outcomes of community partnerships. After a series of district-level meetings, the principal establishes goals and methods to communicate school progress. Which of the following is the best course of action to be taken by the principal?

• Meeting with various stakeholder groups to establish positive community relations and gather input about the community's needs. (Correct answer)
• Developing a communication model based on administrative communication priorities
• Having teachers in every department send backpack letters to parents informing them of upcoming homework assignments
• Sending a monthly letter communicating important dates to all families

Correct answer: Meeting with various stakeholder groups to establish positive community relations and gather input about the community's needs.

Explanation: <br> Input from various stakeholders in the community is crucial when establishing positive community partnerships.