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Read Using Data to Improve Schools: What’s Working from the American Association of School Administrators.  Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:  Share any noteworthy realizations or “aha moments” you had after reading the document.  Discuss something presented in the document that you could implement in your professional setting.  Include any perceived barriers…

Imagine you are a seasoned middle school principal in Everything Great School District. You have been asked to coach a new middle school principal on how your school uses data-based decision-making to determine new instructional strategies in math for students in your school.  Consider the following 5 steps: Goal setting (accountability, school development, and instruction)…

  Read Kim & Zabelina (2015) (attached) Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:  Explain the salient points of the article. Identify 2 places where bias is acknowledged by the authors. Describe takeaways from the article that make you uncomfortable.  Summarize the relevance of this article to educational leaders and stakeholders as it…

Brookhart and Nitko (2019) suggest that increased teaching, teacher effort, and working more effectively constitute “positive test preparation” because these actions result in increased student learning (p. 779). The authors, however, dissuade the use of high-stakes test preparation strategies such as coaching and the reallocation of instructional time and resources because they narrow the scope…

  Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:  Share an experience that you have had with assessment, either as a student or as an educator. Describe how the experience made you feel. Consider both positive and negative emotions.  Explain how that experience reflects something you learned in this week’s readings. 

  Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:  Explain 3–5 ways that you or your faculty exemplify each of the following:  Cognitively challenge students to think critically  Support student learning rather than just assesses retention of knowledge to provide a grade  Support instruction to aid learning  Reduce potential biases to equitably serve all students  Motivate…

  Read “Case Study 1.1: Keeping Harvey Weinstein’s Dark Secrets” on pp. 65-68 in Ch. 1 of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow. Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following: What types of unethical leadership behaviors did Weinstein exhibit? Would you support a movie if you knew the actor,…

  Complete “Self-Assessment 1.2: Personal Power Profile” on p. 77 in Ch. 1 of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow. Write a 175-word reflection of your power profile score in which you: Explain what your scores reveal about your attitude toward power and ethical issues you might face in exercising power….