SLQ Professional Development and Human Resources 3

Question 1

Which model of instructional coaching most directly supports teacher practice by working alongside teachers in the classroom?

Accepted Answer

Side-by-side coaching / co-teaching

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Workshop coaching

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Remote coaching via video

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Group coaching webinars

Question 2

When setting professional growth goals for staff, which approach is most effective for promoting genuine improvement?

Accepted Answer

Teachers develop self-directed goals collaboratively with their evaluator, anchored in student learning data

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The principal assigns uniform goals to all staff

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Goals are set once and not reviewed until the end of the year

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Goals focus on completing professional development hours, not outcomes

Question 3

What does 'teacher efficacy' refer to in a school leadership context?

Accepted Answer

A teacher's belief in their own capacity to positively affect student learning

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A teacher's ability to complete paperwork efficiently

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The efficiency of the teacher's classroom management

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A teacher's score on a standardized evaluation rubric

Question 4

A school principal wants to build collective teacher efficacy. Which strategy is most effective?

Accepted Answer

Creating frequent opportunities for teachers to collaborate, solve problems together, and celebrate shared successes

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Emphasizing individual competition among teachers

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Reducing collaboration time to increase individual planning time

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Holding teachers individually accountable for all student outcomes regardless of context

Question 5

Which of the following best describes 'progressive discipline' in a human resources context?

Accepted Answer

A disciplinary approach that becomes more severe with each repeated infraction, beginning with minor corrective action

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An approach that always begins with termination for serious offenses

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A student discipline model based on behavior levels

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A system where all employees receive the same consequence for the same infraction

Question 6

Which type of feedback is most effective for improving teacher practice?

Accepted Answer

Specific, evidence-based feedback tied to observable instructional behaviors and their impact on student learning

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General praise such as 'great job today'

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Feedback provided only at the annual formal evaluation

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Feedback delivered in front of the whole staff to set expectations