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Educational Leadership (311) GACE Practice Questions with Answers 2025, Exams of Psychology

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A comprehensive set of practice questions and answers for the educational leadership (311) gace exam. It covers various topics related to educational leadership, including title i funding, teacher training, student support services, school improvement strategies, and leadership styles. Designed to help aspiring educational leaders prepare for the gace exam and gain a deeper understanding of key concepts in educational leadership.

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Educational Leadership (311) GACE
Practice Questions with Answers 2025
Title I
โœ” Provides federal funds through the Georgia DOE to local educational agencies and
public schools with high numbers or percentages of children in poverty to help ensure
that all children meet challenging state academic content
Title II
โœ” Title II funds are used in two ways: to train, prepare and recruit high quality teachers
and principals, and to enhance teacher quality through ongoing professional
development
Title III
โœ” This section is specifically targeted to benefit Limited English Proficient (LEP) or ELL
children and immigrant youth
Title IV
โœ” Safe & Drug-free Schools, 21st Century learning, before and after school programs
Title V
โœ” Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs - charter, magnet,
etc.
Title VI
โœ” Defined various terms used throughout the ESEA. Rural education initiative.
Title VII (elementary and secondary education act)
โœ” Introduced a program for bilingual education / homeless education assistance
Title IX
โœ” No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any
education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance
What type of TKES Formative Feedback should be provided?
โœ” Progress in language of the standard
Strengths / Weaknesses
Specific Student/Teacher language observed
(feedback due before 10 days)
Title IA School-Wide Model
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Practice Questions with Answers 2025

Title I โœ” Provides federal funds through the Georgia DOE to local educational agencies and public schools with high numbers or percentages of children in poverty to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic content Title II โœ” Title II funds are used in two ways: to train, prepare and recruit high quality teachers and principals, and to enhance teacher quality through ongoing professional development Title III โœ” This section is specifically targeted to benefit Limited English Proficient (LEP) or ELL children and immigrant youth Title IV โœ” Safe & Drug-free Schools, 21st Century learning, before and after school programs Title V โœ” Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs - charter, magnet, etc. Title VI โœ” Defined various terms used throughout the ESEA. Rural education initiative. Title VII (elementary and secondary education act) โœ” Introduced a program for bilingual education / homeless education assistance Title IX โœ” No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance What type of TKES Formative Feedback should be provided? โœ” Progress in language of the standard Strengths / Weaknesses Specific Student/Teacher language observed (feedback due before 10 days) Title IA School-Wide Model

โœ” A comprehensive reform strategy designed to upgrade the entire educational program in a Title I school First Steps of Strategic Planning โœ” Identify Current Status: Strengths & Weakness Available Resources Existing Supportive Personnel Crisis Management Table Exercises โœ” Informal meetings to assess plan effectiveness involving all stakeholders PBIS Primary Focus โœ” Teaching/Monitoring Clear Behavioral Expectations Quality Basic Education Act โœ” QBE takes the total number of students, and uses that number to decide how much to pay out for school employee salaries (known as direct instructional cost and indirect cost) and other expenses needed to run a school (known as categorical grants). Gap Analysis (Performance) โœ” Student performance against goals: Identify Gaps Identify Causes of Gaps Identify Solutions/Growth Opportunities How can you Cut Costs but Retain Integrity of Programs? โœ” Across the Board Cut in Funding - spreads the cut evenly so that every program is only affected slightly Crisis Management & Prevention: Best Practices โœ” Form crisis team Develop plan Coordinate with local emergency officials Monthly Fire Drills Fall/Spring Severe Weather Drills Shared Vision โœ” Comes from Personal Visions (from different stakeholders) applied toward what the overall organization wants to become Analyzing State-mandated Test Scores โœ” Start with Graphs & Explanations When using online resources โœ” Place an emphasis on protecting student privacy

Monitor progress What is IDEA? โœ” Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment and independent living. What is the first step for developing a school budget? โœ” Create a fiscal calendar Mnemomic Strategies โœ” - Link new word/concept to information you already know. -Highly effective way to help students (with and without disabilities) recall and retrieve the new information taught -Examples: Keyword, Pegword Rhyming, Acronym, Acrostic Letter Sentence, Combination Reciprocal Teaching โœ” an instructional activity in which students become the teacher in small group reading sessions Declarative knowledge vs Procedural knowledge โœ” -Declarative knowledge refers to factual knowledge and information -Procedural knowledge is knowing how to perform certain activities What are examples of student engagement strategies? โœ” activate prior knowledge, hands on activities, provide multiple choices for learning students can choose from, and individual and small group work Self-efficacy โœ” An individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a task. Residual scores โœ” the difference between the predicted and actual scores that represents the error of prediction Value Added Model โœ” -Teacher evaluation that measures the teacher's contribution in a given year by comparing the current test scores of their students to the scores of those same students in previous school years, as well as to the scores of other students in the same grade. Norm-Referenced Assessment โœ” An assessment that compares a student's performance to a sample of that student's peers. (can be used to determine a need for academic support) Criteria-Referenced Assessment

โœ” Assessments that measure student's knowledge of classroom course content Jigsaw Classroom โœ” -classroom activity that makes students dependent on each other to succeed -splits classes into mixed groups to work on small problems that the group collates into a final outcome Instructional Rounds โœ” When a group of educators makes a series of visits to multiple classrooms to observe what is taking place in the instructional core. Observation notes are taken about a learning problem identified by the school being observed. Where can the purpose and focus of a school be found? โœ” in the school's vision A schools vision will help to guide creation of _______ that lead to the development of the culture. โœ” goals What do school goals do? โœ” Help determine where to devote energy and resources It is important to involve stakeholders in the development of the ___________________________ to incorporate a variety of perspectives. โœ” school vision What components leader's plans need to have? โœ” - action steps

  • persons responsible
  • milestones
  • evidence of implementation by a certain time. What is a quantified goal? โœ” a goal that can be measured Transactional Leadership โœ” Leaders who focus on supervision and organizational goals (value order and structure) What are the steps to addressing ineffective teaching? โœ” 1st identify the ineffective teaching 2nd communicate the issue to the teacher. Communicate areas of improvement to avoid discouraging the teacher 3rd provide the resources and support to improve 4th monitor instruction and provide additional support as needed

After receiving a grant, before submitting the purchase order, the administrator must ensure that the expense meets which THREE criteria? โœ” - Supports the goals and objectives from the school improvement plan.

  • Complies with district and state purchase order guidelines
  • Represents an allowable cost on the approved local and state vendor list. What is flexible class scheduling? โœ” A form of academic year scheduling in which a school day is broken into many 10-โ€ 20 minute modules or "mods. The flexibility in scheduling allows students to take more courses and increases one-on-one time with teachers What action by a school leader encourages data-driven decision making? โœ” Promoting teachers' use of formative assessment to inform ongoing teaching and learning A leader asks PLC members to determine essential student learning for each major topic of study and create common assessments. After six weeks of implementation, the teams analyze student data from the assessments. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step for the leader to take? โœ” Coordinating the development of a systematic response to the data What are school improvement grants (SIGS IG)? โœ” A grant authorized under Title I for state educational agencies (SEAs) to use to make competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to substantially raise the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools. Title VII (Civil Rights Act) โœ” prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. What is Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and what are its three components? โœ” Education act that replaced No Child Left Behind.
  1. Assessment and Accountability Systems; States must develop a system that includes performance goals, measures student performance, indicators of school quality
  2. School improvement and support: States must offer support to schools in need of improvement
  3. Improving school climate, safety, and access to high quality comprehensive learning supports (MTSS) Servant Leadership โœ” focuses on the responsibility of the leader not only to ensure the success of the organization, but also a responsibility to his/her followers and stakeholders