FTCE Professional Education 5

Question 1

A student with an IEP is consistently failing to meet annual goals. What should the IEP team do?

Accepted Answer

Meet to review the IEP and revise goals, services, or placement as needed

Answer

IDEA allows and requires IEP teams to reconvene and amend the IEP at any time when a student is not making adequate progress toward goals.

Question 2

Which behavior management approach focuses on teaching expected behaviors explicitly and acknowledging positive behavior school-wide?

Accepted Answer

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Answer

PBIS is a tiered, proactive framework that defines and teaches expected behaviors and uses acknowledgment systems to reinforce them across all school settings.

Question 3

A student from a low-income household receives free lunch, has limited English proficiency, and has an IEP. Which federal program specifically addresses the academic needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds?

Accepted Answer

Title I of ESSA

Answer

Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act provides federal funding to schools with high percentages of students from low-income families to improve academic achievement.

Question 4

A high school teacher uses anchor activities so that early finishers stay engaged while others complete tasks. This is BEST described as:

Accepted Answer

Classroom management through differentiation

Answer

Anchor activities are ongoing tasks students work on independently when they finish assigned work, supporting management and differentiation simultaneously.

Question 5

Under Florida law, a teacher who suspects a colleague is abusing a student is required to:

Accepted Answer

Report directly to the Florida Abuse Hotline regardless of what the principal says

Answer

Florida's mandatory reporting law (F.S. 39.201) requires each mandatory reporter to call the Hotline personally; reporting to a supervisor does not fulfill the legal obligation.

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FTCE Professional Education 5