Oversee

Things You Do

100

Function of an administrator in official capacity to oversee the performance of a subordinate. A building administrator’s job of _________, utilizes prescriptive, reflective, and nominal approaches and is more important to the performance and direction of the learning institution than evaluation.

What is supervision

200

an expression (usually not written) of a foundation of beliefs and values with ideas of specific strategies on how best to align beliefs and values with actions which is continually changing as knowledge and experience change views. example: Knowing a teacher’s ______ is essential in building relationships and is best done through active listening in order to establish credibility; know their beliefs on students, teaching, content, “ways of being”, and collegiality.

What is a platform.

300

To express specific intent as to how you will do things. Example: An entry plan where a new building administrator communicates his/her plan to interview all staff members in a specific time frame is ___________________.

What is purposeful behavior.

400

In a professional learning community this is a practice of true sharing to improve teaching and learning where a colleague, support staff, or administration offer suggestion, advice, or feedback as to improve instructional practices without being such advice being included in/attached to supervisory/evaluative processes. Example: The literacy and technology coaches provide regular ___________ with teachers on improving learning strategies used through classroom observations, active listening, and team teaching opportunities.

What is consultation.

500

Is a methodical approach of providing information back for either reinforcement purposes or to bring about change in behavior. 
Example: _______ loops are established in some learning communities to assist teachers with information to inform instruction which also provides opportunities to establish voice and choice to be actively engaged in how learners acquire information.

What is feedback.

You Be The Judge

100

A word which means to judge the effectiveness of teaching which can be accomplished through summative, formative and/or standards-based. Building administrators conduct teacher ________ and this goes into their permanent employment records.

What is evaluations.

200

_________ __________ is a judging one’s performance specifically communicating your intention of providing ongoing feedback helpful to improvements. 
Example: Walk through’s can be used as _________ ___________, providing timely feedback to celebrate successes and question observations about instructional practices used.

What is formative evaluation.

300

_____________ evaluation is what most teachers call a formal evaluation done by a supervisor judging teaching performances compared to a set of established standards for rating and reporting. 
Example: A ___________ evaluation should be formally communicated as to the process which will be used to judge ones performance and should be based on but not limited to multiple observations, a collection of evidences of documenting a learning, feedback from students/parents/peers, unit and lesson planning for curriculum implementation and communication methods with all stakeholders.

What is summative.

400

_______ ________ is a judgment that could vary from person to person based on varied backgrounds and experiences but it is grounded when one provides judgments rooted in specific information based on a clear set of values that aid in its justification. 
Example: An example of _________ _________ a supervisor who provides a judgment on classroom management based on student engagement observed in multiple specific recorded data collection.

What is grounded subjectivity.

500

__________ ________ is face to face communication with focus on teacher and student performance, is essential for professional growth. 
Example: An example of ________ ___________ is a pre-conference whereas if a teacher stated as part of their professional development goals that he/she was working on students understanding their target learning goal, I would suggest a data collection method of randomly interviewing students on various days of what their learning goals and how student’s regularly monitor their learning goals.

What is clinical supervision.

Making It Happen

100

This is a minimal commitment of energies that are expended to do the job. 
Example: Many experienced teachers, show a ______ _________ and sometimes need to be encouraged through focused assistance to increase their commitment towards their accountability for learning of all students.

What is participation investment.

200

This is the demonstrated relationship between one’s actual performance and the standards or published goals for such performance. 
example: A teacher’s _____________ is to demonstrate continual growth towards setting timely concise professional goals to improve teaching and learning for their students based on teaching standards. An administrators ___________ is to the school board to demonstrate proper supervision and evaluation of teaching staff based on set administrative standards.

What is accountability.

300

___________ investment is where the teacher exceeds job related expectations. 
Example: A teacher who is committed to learning would show a ________ investment through attending extra online webinars, being an adviser for a student lead club that is not a paid position, having weekly after school work sessions for students not contractually required, or simply being on more than the required amount of committees.


What is performance.

400

__________ __________ is where a learner provides ongoing evidence and growth towards a set of clear established goal setting. 
Example: A teacher can establish ____________ ________ over the course of years if the goal addresses evidence needed over time to document progress.

What is continuous improvement.

500

__________ model for supervision is used with teachers whose job adeptness or skills are not questionable; it's focus is on a teacher’s self-evaluation and evidenced documentation of ongoing progress in exemplary teaching.
 Example: ____________ models are ones where the teacher is held accountable for documenting goal setting, collecting artifacts, assessing and documenting progress.

What is developmental.

You Hold The Key

100

_______ _______ is that which comes with the office of administration which can come in many forms. 
Example: Popping into classrooms, sending positive emails, saying nice things to staff, rewarding good behavior are all forms of ______ ______that reinforce common sense ways for making positive change.

What is legitimate power.

200

________ approach to supervision is one where the supervisor recommends action based on the supervisor’s analysis. 
Example: A ___________ approach to a building staff development plan would be created by the supervisor based on analysis of prior year’s walk throughs and surveys.

What is prescriptive.

300

_________ approach is where a supervisor guides and focuses the learning process to enrich and deepen understanding learning through feedback practices and self monitoring tools and processes. An experienced teacher may have a _________ approach to assessment and monitoring student growth where they analyze a multitude of learning stages that a supervisor can coach one to share with less experienced teachers.

What is reflective.

400

________ supervision is a way of varying of supervisory support based on teacher needs. 
Example: ________ supervision was employed by a supervisor after observing one teams continued instructional practices and commitment to student voice and choice using a variety of feedback loops, through providing teacher voice and choice; they given an option to develop alternative proposal for an upcoming professional workshop day dedicated to learning about establishing and managing feedback loops.

What is differentiated.

500

_________ assistance is a general concept of providing help in an area you think might make a difference/change. It is essential part of a deficiency plan but not necessarily in a developmental plan.

What is focused.

Overall

100

________ ________ a purposeful intention to guide or orchestrate members in ways that affect learning in an environment. An principal provides _______ ________ through goal setting, supervision, guiding professional development, community and student

What is educational leadership.

200

_________ is a part of effective feedback in which a teacher perceives that the feedback came from a respected source with legitimate claims to expertise.
 A principal can have _______ with supervision of a teacher with specialized content teaching assignments through reflective active listening conversations where outcomes enable the evaluation process to focus on data collection and questioning that deal directly with the process of learning and assessing learning. If a staff member expressed need as part of an action plan to develop knowledge in a certain area, they could recommend talking with a department lead about directions for professional development.

What is credibility.

300

_______ _______ is a way of genuine, participatory interactions where you try to understand another's perspective. A few tactics of this would be monitoring nonverbal cues, conduct feeling checks, and reiterate what was just stated.

What is active listening.

400

__________ ___________ is one where a supervisor is an active listener engaging in conversations to get to know a teacher’s floor of beliefs, opinions, values, practices, and attitudes that influence job performance. 
Example: A supervisor should conduct a these with teachers well in advance of times where an individual would be formally observed to gather information such as prior experiences leading to their choice of a teaching career, beliefs, values, what good teaching means to them, collegiality development, and content; this conference might be helpful in establishing a working relationship just as a good teacher knows more about the child in order to provide instructional practices that meet all learners.

What is a platform conference.

500

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