SLLA Secrets Study Guide: SLLA Test Review for the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (Mometrix Secrets Study Guides);

***Includes Practice Test Questions*** Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the SLLA test. The SLLA is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. SLLA Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the SLLA Exam. Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the SLLA Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer. SLLA Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment
• A full study of visions and goals
• An in-depth look at teaching and learning
• A breakdown of managing organizational systems & safety
• An analysis of collaborating with key stakeholders
• A guide to ethics and integrity
• An examination of the education system
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam. The Visions and Goals section covers:

• School vision
• Diverse families and communities
• Implementing vision, mission, and goals
• School resources
• Progress monitoring

The Teaching and Learning section covers:

• Grading policy and high expectations
• Achievement gaps
• Involving students in school improvement processes
• Communicating effectively
• Standards-based instruction and differentiated instruction
• Monitoring student progress
• Making the best use of student achievement data

The Managing Organizational Systems & Safety section covers:

• Teaching staff quality
• School safety plans
• Data-driven instructional systems (DDIS)
• Planning school budgets
• Student mental health

The Collaborating with Key Stakeholders section covers:

• Providing social and emotional support and prevention services to students
• Roles families have in their children s education
• Holding community conversations to build financial and public support
• Providing youth with access to recreational facilities outside of school hours
• Recommendations arrived at through experiences in creating successful community schools

The Ethics and Integrity section covers:

• National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) behavioral standards
• Ethical leadership
• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Inclusive education of students with disabilities
• Ensuring cultural equality and preventing or eliminating racism
• Comprehensive needs assessment to refocus on school vision and mission

The Education System section covers:

• Explaining policies to school community members
• Interacting with parents who are upset or angry
• Educational equity
• Lobbying and political activism to effect legislation to benefit education

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the SLLA Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.