FELE Educational Leadership (081) Practice Tests and PDFs

Diagnostic assessments are used to help identify students' current knowledge of a particular subject and the student's skills and capabilities. This is done prior to learning taking place. They help a teacher determine a student's strengths and weaknesses. They help a teacher plan their curriculum based on what the student already knows and what they do not know. Types include: pre-tests, self-assessments, discussion board responses, and interviews.

To have an effective school, an effective staff is needed and can be obtained through a detailed hiring process. The recruitment process begins once it is realized that someone new needs to be hired. Recruitment is needed after an employee leaves, new work needs to be completed, or an employee is terminated.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that applies to all educational agencies/institutions that receive funding under the Department of Education. Under FERPA, schools are required to consider any request for changes in an educational record that may be incorrect/misleading. FERPA cannot be used to challenge a grade, substantive decision, or an opinion. The law is used to ensure fair recordkeeping practices occur. It does not override disciplinary rulings, placement determinations, and standards for making academic assessments.

Assessment data is a good thermometer to the comprehension of the class for a specific curriculum. After the data is collector, the instructor should use this data to identify possible problems in information comprehension, by students, or by the group as a whole. Changes in method of instruction can then be implemented.

Professional development is a process that is used to improve and increase the skills and capabilities of staff members. It can be done in a formal or informal setting. Professional development focuses on giving educators the skills to address major learning challenges for students. All educators can benefit from professional development. It can occur during school breaks, after school on the educator's personal time, during a teacher work day, at school before or after classes, and during the regular school day. It can occur at the workplace, online, seminars, a college/university, another school, corporate training office, district office.

Level 1: The Contributions Approach – focuses on heroes, holidays, and certain cultural elements. Level 2: The Additive Approach – includes content, concepts, themes, etc. without changing the current structure of the curriculum. Level 3: The Transformation Approach – The current structure of the curriculum is changed so that students can view concepts, themes, events, etc. from diverse groups’ perspectives. Level 4: The Social Action Approach – Students decide on crucial social issues and take action to solve them.

Shared leadership is associated with the school increasing the number of individuals involved in making important decisions that affect the school's organization, the school's operation, and academics at the school. Shared leadership allows principals to have more time to work on crucial tasks and be less burdened with smaller roles, it allows administrators to build a greater support system among the school community, it helps schools become more inclusive, it encourages those involved to become more invested with the school, and it encourages growth of the individuals involved and the school itself.

Retention polices work to address employee needs, enhance job satisfaction, and reduce costs related to hiring and training new staff. There are many strategies with retention policies. The company should spend the time and effort on finding the perfect match, and then retention will less likely be an issue. Retention begins with recruiting. It is important to orient, train, and treat employees right from the beginning in order to enhance retention. It is important to perform evaluations, and offer high performing employees praise.

1st calculation: This is performed by the Florida Legislature. 2nd calculation: This is performed when the certified tax roll from the Florida Dept. of Revenue is received. 3rd calculation: This is performed when the district’s October survey FTE count is received. 4th calculation: This is performed when the district’s February and estimated June FTE counts are received. 5th calculation: This is performed when the district’s June FTE count is received.