Principal Curriculum & Instruction Management Flashcards

A principal notices that teachers in the same grade level are using widely different instructional pacing. What is the BEST first step to address this?

Answer: Facilitate collaborative planning to develop a shared curriculum pacing guide

Collaborative planning to create a shared pacing guide ensures curricular coherence while respecting teacher input.

Which Texas framework most directly guides a campus principal in evaluating the quality of instructional delivery?

Answer: Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS)

T-TESS is the state framework that guides principals in observing and evaluating instructional quality at the classroom level.

A campus has a large population of English Language Learners consistently underperforming in content-area reading. Which instructional strategy should the principal prioritize?

Answer: Integrating sheltered instruction techniques across all content areas

Sheltered instruction techniques make grade-level content accessible to ELL students while building language skills simultaneously.

When analyzing STAAR disaggregated data, a principal finds that special education students are significantly below proficiency in math. What is the most appropriate next step?

Answer: Convene a data team to identify root causes and align IEP supports with campus math instruction

Convening a data team to align IEP supports with campus instruction addresses root causes and ensures legally required individualization.

A principal wants to ensure the written, taught, and tested curricula are aligned. Which action BEST accomplishes this?

Answer: Conducting curriculum audits that compare lesson plans, instructional materials, and assessments to TEKS

A curriculum audit systematically compares all three curricula to the TEKS, revealing gaps between what is planned, taught, and assessed.

Which type of professional development has the greatest impact on sustained changes in teacher instructional practice?

Answer: Job-embedded coaching and collaborative inquiry cycles tied to student data

Job-embedded PD with coaching and data cycles is consistently shown to produce lasting instructional change because it is contextual and continuous.

A principal is reviewing teacher lesson plans and notices that most plans reflect lower-order thinking tasks only. What should the principal do?

Answer: Provide professional development on Bloom's Taxonomy and require revision of plans to include higher-order tasks

Professional development on Bloom's Taxonomy followed by plan revision builds teachers' capacity to design cognitively demanding instruction.