1. Meet with the teacher to discuss their mistake rather than involving the entire staff. 2. Gather data on student progress, benchmarks, grades and assessments to monitor the effectiveness of the basic skills program and determine any revisions needed. 3. Work with the new Assistant Principal to determine their responsibilities and characteristics needed for their mentor. The mentor's role should be supportive rather than evaluative. 4. Have the new Assistant Principal introduce themselves to all stakeholders through a faculty meeting.

1. When teacher makes a
mistake...

2. meet with teacher to
discuss - NOT entire
staff

3. What data to collect
before revising basic
skills program?

4. progress of students
(patterns of
effectiveness)

5. what data can be used
to monitor
effectiveness of
program?

6. benchmarks, TAKS,
6wks grades

7. How to determine
responsibilites of new
Asst Principal?

8. work with AP to
determine

9. characteristics of new
AP’s mentor?

10. supportive (not
evaluative)

11. how should new AP
introduce himself?

12. mtg with all
stakeholders to
introduce himself

13. How should new AP’s
responsibiliteis be
communicated to staff?

14. first faculty meeting

15. how to close
achievement gap of
SPED/subpops of
SPED?

16. provide before/during/
after school tutorials

17. how to determine why
there is a
disproportionate
number of SPED
students?

18. review identification
procedures

19. how to prepare staff
for large number of
SPED students?

20. professional
development on
diversity

21. should you remove
student from SPED
based on performance?

22. gather info on grades,
scores, enrollment,
history for ARD

23. staff input for increasing
parent involvement?

24. ask grade levels to
make suggestions

25. how to best
communicate to
increase parent
involvement?

26. schedule multiple open
houses at variable times

27. how to solicit
community member
suggestions for
improving
communication?

28. select individuals who
express interest in
relationship with
school.

29. question about
collabortaing with
parents v. celebrating
student
accomplishment?

30. answer is collaborating
with parents

31. what to do about
parent letter regarding
kid’s grades in teacher’s
class?

32. meet with teacher to
discuss concerns

33. principal should do
what in reference to
letter sent to complain
a about teacher (letter
sent to principal)?

34. call parent to respond

35. role of principal when
meeting with
communication
committee?

36. facilitator

37. what should be given to
parents in regards to
new reading program?

38. research and read-at-
home materials

39. what to do about
parent complaints
about programs during
meeting?

40. “i understand your
concern & will meet
with you after to
discuss...”

41. survey on
communication?

42. incidents of bad
communication,
benefits of increased
communication &
suggestions for
improvement

43. 1st step with missed
AYP?

44. conduct needs
assessment

45. how to create needs
assessment?

46. systematically gather
data

47. addressing staffing gap -
focus on?

48. adequate staff,
manageable class sizes,
safe, supportive,
efficient environment

49. how to respond to
budget cuts, determine
which courses to cut?

50. meet with dept heads
to analyze course
offerings and present
enrollment

51. factors when
determining which
teachers to retain or
cut?

52. certification and
effectiveness

53. how to determine
which courses to
eliminate?

54. offerings, enrollment,
rationale for change

55. funding a mandated
course?

56. ask teachers to look for
source of funding

57. first step for kids in a
fight

58. send all kids involved to
nurse

59. when conflict between
rater and teacher, what
do you do?

60. act as second appraiser

61. if there are no qualified
teachers for an
elective?

62. remove the course

63. rebuilding morale
within school?

64. involve teachers in
decisions and CIP

65. improving team
communication when
disparity among
performance?

66. have teachers reflect
on their own
communication

67. how to close
performance gap within
grade level team?

68. weekly team meeting
to collaborate