CEOE Oklahoma Professional Teaching 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A teacher in an Oklahoma Title I school wants to strengthen family engagement. Which approach aligns BEST with Title I family engagement requirements?
- Hosting a single annual open-house event to fulfill the requirement
- Developing a written family engagement policy collaboratively with parents (Correct answer)
- Sending home monthly newsletters written at grade level
- Providing families with access to the school's online gradebook
Correct answer: Developing a written family engagement policy collaboratively with parents
Title I schools must develop a written family engagement policy that is co-created with and approved by parents, outlining how the school will involve families.
Question 2: An Oklahoma student with an IEP receives extended time as an accommodation. During a state assessment, which action by the teacher is REQUIRED?
- Reduce the number of test items proportionally to time constraints
- Provide the extended time exactly as specified in the IEP (Correct answer)
- Consult the principal before granting the accommodation on state tests
- Apply the accommodation only to classroom tests, not state assessments
Correct answer: Provide the extended time exactly as specified in the IEP
IEP accommodations, including extended time, must be applied consistently on state assessments exactly as written in the student's IEP.
Question 3: Which Oklahoma teacher certification pathway is designed for individuals who hold a bachelor's degree in a non-education field and want to teach?
- Emergency certification
- Alternative placement program (APP) (Correct answer)
- Provisional intern certificate
- Out-of-state reciprocity certificate
Correct answer: Alternative placement program (APP)
Oklahoma's Alternative Placement Program (APP) allows career-changers with non-education degrees to teach while completing certification requirements.
Question 4: A teacher uses cooperative learning groups where each student is responsible for mastering and teaching one section of content. This strategy is called:
- Reciprocal teaching
- Jigsaw (Correct answer)
- Socratic seminar
- Think-pair-share
Correct answer: Jigsaw
The Jigsaw strategy assigns each group member a unique piece of content to master and teach to peers, creating interdependence and accountability.
Question 5: Under Oklahoma's Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act (DATA Act), which action by a teacher is PROHIBITED?
- Using student data to inform instructional decisions
- Sharing student data with an approved educational vendor for tutoring services
- Selling student data to a marketing company (Correct answer)
- Maintaining student records in a password-protected digital gradebook
Correct answer: Selling student data to a marketing company
Oklahoma's DATA Act explicitly prohibits the sale of student data or its use for targeted advertising, protecting student privacy.
Question 6: When planning a lesson using the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework, which step should a teacher complete FIRST?
- Select engaging instructional activities
- Choose appropriate textbook chapters
- Identify desired learning results and standards (Correct answer)
- Create the summative assessment rubric
Correct answer: Identify desired learning results and standards
UbD's backward design begins with Stage 1: identifying desired results (standards and learning goals) before planning assessments or activities.
Question 7: Oklahoma teachers are required to complete how many hours of professional development annually to maintain certification?
- 10 hours
- 15 hours
- 20 hours (Correct answer)
- 36 hours
Correct answer: 20 hours
Oklahoma requires certified educators to complete a minimum of 20 hours of professional development annually as part of their continuing certification requirements.
CEOE Oklahoma Professional Teaching 4
A teacher in an Oklahoma Title I school wants to strengthen family engagement.
Which approach aligns BEST with Title I family engagement requirements?