SLQ School Culture and Climate 3

Question 1

Which practice best helps a new principal understand the existing school culture before making major changes?

Accepted Answer

Conducting a cultural audit through observations, interviews, and data review

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Immediately restructuring all programs

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Announcing a new vision on the first day

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Replacing all existing staff

Question 2

Which statement best describes the relationship between school culture and student achievement?

Accepted Answer

A positive, high-expectation culture creates the conditions that enable all students to achieve at higher levels

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Culture and achievement are unrelated

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Culture only affects behavior, not academic performance

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Achievement drives culture, not the other way around

Question 3

What is the most effective way to address bullying in a school?

Accepted Answer

Implement a comprehensive, whole-school approach including prevention, intervention, and restorative follow-up

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Suspend all students involved in bullying incidents

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Address only the student who is bullying

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Rely solely on the counselor to handle bullying cases

Question 4

Which of the following is the BEST indicator that a school's cultural change efforts are succeeding?

Accepted Answer

Stakeholder behavior and practices have demonstrably shifted in alignment with new values

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The principal reports feeling positive about the changes

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New posters and slogans are posted throughout the building

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The school has received positive media coverage

Question 5

A principal wants all teachers to maintain high expectations for every student. Which action best reinforces this expectation?

Accepted Answer

Monitoring classroom practice during walkthroughs and providing feedback when low expectations are observed

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Posting a 'high expectations' banner in the hallway

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Mentioning high expectations at the start-of-year faculty meeting once

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Letting individual teachers set their own expectations

Question 6

Which concept describes a cycle in which low teacher expectations lead to reduced student effort and lower achievement, which then reinforces the low expectations?

Accepted Answer

The self-fulfilling prophecy / Pygmalion effect

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The achievement gap cycle

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Learned helplessness model

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Attribution theory