Making the Principal TExES Exam Real:


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Learn From The Best As You Prepare For The Principal TExES Exam. The TexES Principal exam is a high-pressure undertaking, as a passing score is required before principal certification can be granted. Prospective new school principals are faced with a difficult exam that requires careful case analysis and responses to multiple options. Elaine L. Wilmore’s books have helped countless educators succeed on TExES exams and are widely recognized as the gold standard in TExES preparation. In this comprehensive new guide, the author turns her expertise to another facet of the exacting standards tested by the Principal exam. Beginning with a thorough overview, Wilmore delves into case studies that all students will find useful and applicable to their preparation. To solidify the concepts, the book includes multiple practice exam questions with a detailed answer key. Other features include: Graphics to clarify complex concepts A clear breakdown of the domains and competencies tested on the exam Specific advice and strategies for first-time test takers and also those who previously failed Texas needs great principals more than ever. With this book, your path to joining them is much clearer. "Dr. Wilmore′s book is essential to preparing for the Principal TExES exam. The questions are aligned and provide an accurate experience that allows principal candidates to assess strengths and weaknesses in order to target specific competencies for additional study." Amy Burkman, Ed.D., Assistant Principal Wylie Independent School District, Wylie, Texas "Dr. Wilmore′s book is so critical to the success of our UTSA students that we purchase a copy for each student in our program." David P. Thompson, Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle




Passing the Principal TExES Exam


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Your guide to acing the TExEs exam This best-selling handbook is the definitive resource for prospective principals who want to boost student performance and demonstrate outstanding school leadership. Thoroughly updated to address the completely revamped TExES exam, this new edition details: The domains and competencies of successful school leadership The leadership philosophy on which TexES is constructed A sample test and important areas to focus on What to do in the weeks, days, and even the night before the test An extensive list of additional resources to supplement each domain




Preparing to Pass the Texes Principal Exam


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THIS IS THE BREAKTHROUGH BOOK FOR THE PRINCIPAL # 068 EXAM Most books will make you a promise. This book will deliver. As a future administrator preparing to take the Principal #068 Exam you will be faced with a myriad of scenarios within this exam. This book is a comprehensive and exceptionally practical blueprint of strategies, explanations, definitions, helpful hints and other key rudiments needed to enhance your performance on the exam as well as in your career. The use of practical approaches to further your understanding each domain and its various competencies go a long way towards you achieving your ultimate goal of becoming a school administrator. Davis has provided a list of acronyms, state laws, stem changer, education codes and lots of other information to help with your success. By implementing the strategies, tips and study skills contained in this book. I will help you generate new techniques that will enhance your triumph the day of the exam. Bio: Larry Davis is the creator of "Preparing To Pass The TExES Principal Exam." He has also researched and developed a teacher induction program aimed at recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers. Davis received his Associates in Applied Arts from Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas, his Bachelors of Arts in Communications from the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas and his Masters in Education Administration from Texas Woman's University located in Denton, Texas. Davis is a second career educator who spent 10 years in corporate America before becoming an educator. The birth of his son in 1995 prompted him to take a close look at the education system which leads to him becoming part of the Texas Public School System. Davis now works as a school administrator here in the great State of Texas and has dedicated his career to building quality education for all learners through the development of highly qualified administrators and teachers.




Passing the Superintendent TExES Exam


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Elaine L. Wilmore guides superintendents in Texas and elsewhere through the certification test in Passing the Superintendent TExES Exam, the sequel to her best-selling Passing the Principal TExES Exam. This comprehensive resource is a must-have for anyone taking the superintendent TExES exam, but it will also be useful to others across the nation and around the world as the Texas standards are closely aligned with those of the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC). By breaking down the domains and competencies of the test into manageable components, Wilmore guides readers through personal success plans to superintendent certification.




Passing the Principal as Instructional Leader TExES Exam


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The premier guide to acing the exam—completely revised! The toughest test in Texas has been updated—and so has this best-selling preparation book. As you explore each element of the exam’s new structure—eleven competencies within six domains—you’ll make the transition from thinking like a teacher to reflecting, reacting, and responding like a learner-centered principal. Features of the third edition include: An overview of the updated TExES philosophy In-depth analysis of the new domains and competencies Real-life stories and applications Test-taking strategies—online and offline Tips for time management and stress relief before, during, and after the exam




Passing the PPR TExES Exam for EC–12 Teachers


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"A timely and critically important guide focused on the competencies essential for teachers to enter the classroom and work with diverse students." —Patrick M. Jenlink, Professor of Doctoral Studies Stephen F. Austin State University, TX "The authors have created a comprehensive, upbeat, and positive step-by-step process on how to study for the TExES exam—offering real-life ideas that even a veteran teacher could use." —Debra Hurst, ELL Kindergarten Teacher Austin Independent School District, TX Ace the test, lower your stress, and achieve success! Best-selling author Elaine L. Wilmore and educator Amy Burkman bring extensive TExES exam-development and workshop-training experience to this comprehensive handbook. Written in a friendly and encouraging tone, the text helps aspiring teachers prepare for the Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities TExES Exam. The book details each of the learner-centered standards, domains, and competencies while addressing today′s hot topics of assessment, diversity, technology, family and student engagement, legal/ethical issues, and professional development. The authors also connect theory to practice with real-life examples that demonstrate the leadership philosophy behind the exam. Special features include: Test-taking tips and strategies that build confidence Practical application examples from each domain and area of competency A fun "Our Favorites" section that develops critical thinking and synthesizes concepts Practice "decision sets" with answers targeted to specific competencies This guidebook is more than the definitive roadmap to preparing for the PPR TExES exam. The authors give you indispensable keys to becoming a successful and world-changing teacher.




The Principal's Guide to Time Management


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Make the most of your time—and your leadership Is your school’s vision getting buried under paperwork? If you spend more time picking up pieces than putting them together, this is your book. Written by seasoned school principals, this plan of action will get you back to the essence of your job: instructional leadership. By using educational technology to maximize efficiency, you’ll improve teaching, student achievement, resource management, and school culture. This comprehensive guide features: Easy-to-follow, single-topic chapters Standards–based scenarios and questions Time-management self-assessments Easily adaptable experiential exercises Strategies for battling the “silent time thief”




Passing the Superintendent TExES Exam


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Built around Texas and ELCC standards, this proven resource offers test-taking strategies, data analysis, problem solving, and more, to boost confidence and ensure success on the TExES exam.




Leading With Inquiry and Action


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Enhance learning with a collaborative, inquiry-based system of leadership! This practical guide presents a systematic, ongoing process for collecting information, making decisions, and taking action in order to improve instruction and raise student achievement. The authors illustrate a collaborative inquiry-action cycle within a real-world context and offer questions and exercises to guide individual reflection and group discussion. Thoroughly grounded in research, this book helps administrators: Identify areas for instructional improvement Determine community-supported solutions and build stakeholder commitment Articulate an action plan based on multiple data sources Take steps that support teacher development Systematically evaluate program results




The Strategic School


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"How you spend your resources really does speak to the ethics, morals, and values about what is important. I use these ideas each day to help schools leverage their resources in strategic and creative ways to meet students′ needs." —Mary Nash, Assistant Superintendent Boston Public Schools, MA "A powerful new lens for looking at school resources by fundamentally changing the question from ′How much money do schools need to succeed?′ to ′How well are resources being used to ensure student success?′" —Richard Murnane, Economist and Professor Harvard Graduate School of Education Strategically reorganize school resources to support instructional and performance priorities! How can schools best use the resources they already have? That question is at the heart of this inspiring book for school and district administrators challenged with increasing student performance without additional funding. Exploring the link between purposeful resource allocation and academic achievement, Karen Hawley Miles and Stephen Frank demonstrate how educational leaders can develop successful and strategic schools by assessing how well they use all available resources—people, time, and money—and by creating effective alternatives to meet goals. The authors use their extensive research with urban schools and districts to present case studies of schools that successfully reorganized resources to implement the "Big 3 Guiding Resource Strategies": improving teaching quality, creating individual attention, and maximizing academic time. The Strategic School offers planning guides, checklists, worksheets, and strategies aligned with ISLLC standards to help leaders: Assess current resource use in new ways that go beyond the typical budget review Organize resources more creatively and flexibly Craft a master schedule that works Connect resource allocation to student and school performance