This book fully prepares test takers with the content knowledge and strategies to pass the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA). The review manual and comprehensive study guide includes a thorough content review, targeted strategies for every question type, and two full-length practice tests with complete answer explanations aligned to the updated ISLLC Standards (2015). By implementing a few critical strategies and focusing study time on the material contained here, readers will be ready to ace the SLLA.

This book concerns itself with the school principal getting back to basics and understanding the practical application of instructional leadership while improving Professional Standards for Educational Leaders or PSEL Competency. Therefore, the focus is effective school leadership and improving principal educative practices leading to increased student achievement. These case studies provide for a multifaceted approach as they involve all the nuances of effective school leadership practices: the behaviors, practices and actions that a school leader embodies and is exposed to daily.

This book constitutes a collection of case studies that explore issues faced by school principals as is related to instructional leadership. The scenarios presented here allow students to gain a more thorough understanding of the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL, 2015) and their performance competencies. These scenarios are designed to develop new school leaders. These cases provide opportunities to create meaningful learning experiences for courses, professional development programs, and the mentoring of new school principals, giving them exposure to the kinds of dilemmas they will encounter as they take on their leadership roles or start out on supervisory positions. The cases are based on real life dilemmas, reflect contemporary issues in our school buildings, and are designed to be easily used or adapted across all school types. The cases are taken from many years of experience as an educator, administrator consultant and researcher in rural, suburban and urban school districts.

This book concerns itself with the daily dilemmas of the elementary school principal and understanding the practical application of school leadership while improving the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (2015) competency. In order to improve PSEL (2015) competency, each case study is aligned to multiple standards. The case studies in this book can be a powerful tool for learning school leadership. It gives readers the opportunity to gain experience making decisions in the face of uncertainty, much as they will have to do every day when they are in the field or when they are ready to work in their chosen field. The result of candid interviews with school officials in America’s public schools, school improvement organizations, city and state departments of education, the case studies in this book explore complex issues in school leadership from school budget management to navigating parental concerns in the social media age. Each case study tells a detailed story which stops mid-action, asking the reader to imagine themselves into the shoes of a decision-maker facing a tough choice. As a result of these case studies classroom discussions are lively, and most important, there isn’t a single right answer. Readers practice taking positions and defending them based on the available evidence, while developing communication and critical thinking skills. This book is a must read for any emerging school leader.

Reflecting everyday experiences at schools around the country, this book presents a series of situations to be analyzed, compared, contrasted, studied and discussed by those who want to be part of this new approach to education and school leadership. The book aims to encourage and contribute to the reflection on the situations that school administrators, along with their teams, must confront and resolve in their roles as pedagogical leaders. Therefore, it is intended for future educational leaders to take charge in transforming their schools into institutions of educational excellence.

We've listened to teachers and created a comprehensive study guide that includes exactly what you need, including numerous examples and testing tips, to pass the Praxis II Elementary Education Multiple Subjects 5001 exam. Our study guide is fully aligned to the skills and competencies covered on the exam. As experienced teachers, administrators, curriculum writers, and assessment writers, we ensure our examples and practice test items mirror the types of questions and wording you can expect on the Praxis II Elementary Education exam. This study guide includes all four subtests: Reading and Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science. Within each section, we included detailed explanations of each of the 175+ skills you are required to know on the exam. We include specific vocabulary, explanations, and tips for testing that are easy to follow. For the Reading and Language Arts subtest, there are detailed explanations for 63+ skills, multiple examples, testing tips, specific vocabulary, two full practice tests with detailed explanations. For the mathematics subtest, there are detailed explanations for 67+ skills, 98+ detailed examples/practice problems worked out, testing tips specific to the test, exam-specific vocabulary, and two full practice tests with detailed explanations. For the Social Studies subtest, there are detailed explanations for 18+ skills, detailed dates, events, and historical figures you need to know, multiple examples, testing tips specific to the exam, and two full practice tests with detailed explanations. For the Science subtest, there are detailed explanations for 28+ skills, multiple examples with detailed figures, testing tips specific to test, exam-specific vocabulary, and two full practice tests with detailed explanations.

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