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Question 1. Describe a plan for a shared mission and vision of learning for a school that includes the following:
Research on the role and importance of school mission and vision
Processes for collaboratively developing a mission and vision
Processes for developing an actionable mission and vision attentive to values and priorities that include data use, technology, values, equity, diversity, digital citizenship, and community
Characteristics of well-written mission and vision statements.
Question 2. Describe your plan to collaboratively develop Oceanfront Middle School's professional capacity through engagement in recruiting, selecting, and hiring staff, including:
Research on teacher recruitment, hiring, and selection
Practices for recruiting, selecting, and hiring school staff
Strategic staffing based on student, school, and staff needs.
(NELP 7.1)
Question 3. How would you develop and engage staff in a collaborative professional culture designed to promote school improvement, teacher retention, and the success and well-being of each student and adult in the school? Include the following in your response:
Research on and strategies for developing a collaborative professional culture designed to support improvement, retention, learning, and well-being
Effective communication
The role of relationships, trust, and well-being in the development of a healthy and effective professional culture.
(NELP 7.2)
Question 4. How would you personally engage in, as well as engage school staff in, professional learning designed to promote reflection, cultural responsiveness, distributed leadership, digital literacy, school improvement, and student success? Include the following in your response:
Research on teacher professional learning
Practices for supporting and developing school staff
Practices for cultivating and distributing leadership among staff
Providing professional learning that promotes reflection, cultural responsiveness, digital literacy, school improvement, and student success
How to use digital technology in ethical and appropriate ways to foster professional learning for self and others.
(NELP 7.3)
Question 5. As a principal, how will you evaluate, develop, and implement systems of supervision, support, and evaluation designed to promote school improvement and student success, including:
Research-based strategies for personnel supervision and evaluation
Importance of, and the ability to access, specific personnel evaluation procedures for a given context
Multiple approaches for providing actionable feedback and support systems for teachers.
(NELP 7.4)
Question 6.As the principal, explain how building professional capacity will promote continual and sustainable school improvement. Include the following in your explanation:
Research on school improvement
Formal processes of iterative, evidence informed improvement
Data collection, analysis, and use
Implementation theory and research.