OAE OAE Community & Family Engagement 3

Question 1

Bryan Stevenson's concept of 'proximity' applied to educational leadership means that school leaders should:

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Get physically and relationally close to the students and families they serve

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Live in the same neighborhood as their school community

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Hire staff exclusively from the local community

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Reduce the physical distance between classroom desks and the teacher

Question 2

A school leader receives a complaint from a community group that a teacher's curriculum contains culturally insensitive materials. The FIRST step should be to:

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Listen carefully to the concern, review the materials in question, and respond respectfully

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Publicly defend the teacher to maintain staff morale

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Immediately remove all disputed materials without teacher input

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Refer the complaint to the district legal office without responding directly

Question 3

The concept of 'two-way communication' in family engagement emphasizes that schools should:

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Provide multiple channels for families to initiate contact and give feedback to the school

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Only contact families when there is a problem to report

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Send home weekly newsletters summarizing classroom activities

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Require families to use the school's official communication app exclusively

Question 4

When engaging families of students with disabilities in the IEP process, a school leader must ensure that families:

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Are considered equal participants with full rights to provide input and request revisions

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Sign the IEP without requesting changes to avoid delays in services

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Receive the completed IEP document at least two weeks after the meeting

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Agree with all school recommendations before services can begin

Question 5

A principal notices that family engagement events are consistently attended only by already-engaged, English-speaking families. The MOST effective response is to:

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Conduct outreach surveys to understand barriers and redesign engagement strategies to be more inclusive

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Continue current efforts as some engagement is better than none

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Create a separate engagement program exclusively for hard-to-reach families

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Increase the frequency of current events to improve attendance

Question 6

Which of the following is the MOST important characteristic of effective school-community partnership communication?

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Being clear, consistent, culturally responsive, and accessible to diverse audiences

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Using professional educational terminology to establish credibility

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Focusing communications exclusively on academic performance data

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Limiting communications to formal written channels for documentation purposes