Hey everyone, I've been lurking here for a while and finally decided to post. I'm registered for the SLQ — School Leaders Licensure Assessment — in about eight weeks and I'm honestly not sure where to start. My principal keeps telling me it's manageable but she took it years ago and I don't think the format is the same anymore.
I've been reading through the competency frameworks and the educational leadership sections are tripping me up the most. The vision and instructional leadership stuff feels abstract until you're actually answering scenario questions under time pressure. I started working through the SLQ Educational Leadership and Vision practice material this week and it's been eye-opening — some of those prompts are way more nuanced than I expected.
For context, I'm a 6th-year teacher, department head for three years, and I'm aiming to score well enough to move into an assistant principal role by fall. Has anyone gone through this recently? How many hours a week were you putting in, and what resources actually helped? Any tips on the written response sections especially would be huge.