SSA Superintendent Assessment (6991) study plan

Define 20 instructional-leadership terms in your own words (guaranteed and viable curriculum, MTSS, high-quality instructional materials, formative versus summative assessment, tiered intervention, data team cycle) and attach one district-level example to each.

Map the four stages of a data team cycle onto a single page and label which decisions belong to the superintendent, the principal, and the teacher team.

Draft a 250-word observation feedback script that uses coaching language only and keeps evaluation language out of it.

Analyze one publicly available school improvement plan and list two instructional strengths and two instructional gaps with the evidence you used.

Write 10 original multiple-choice items on MTSS, instructional materials, and assessment literacy, each with a rationale for the key and for each distractor.

Sequence the full district budget cycle from calendar adoption through year-end close, naming the board action required at each step.

Compute per-pupil expenditure and one staffing ratio from a publicly posted state or district budget summary, showing every step of the arithmetic.

Build a three-column decision matrix (criteria, weight, score) and use it to rank three competing uses of a $500,000 one-time fund.

Draft a 300-word response to a mid-year revenue shortfall scenario that names legal, contractual, and instructional constraints in priority order.

List the five operational risk areas (facilities, transportation, food service, technology, safety) and write one compliance question for each.

Write a 200-word district vision statement and a three-goal strategic framework with one measurable indicator per goal.

Trace the chain from board-adopted vision to campus improvement plan to classroom practice, naming the artifact produced at each level.

Compare the board's, the superintendent's, and campus leaders' roles in setting and executing strategy in a two-column table.

Draft an agenda and talking points for a board workshop on monitoring the strategic plan.

Identify three legal or policy boundaries (open meetings, public records, policy adoption) that constrain how a superintendent advances a vision.

Map at least ten external stakeholders onto a power/interest grid and assign one engagement strategy per quadrant.

Script a three-minute public response to a hostile community question about a boundary or calendar change.

Draft a one-page family engagement plan with two measurable outcomes and two named communication channels.

Describe the point at which a community issue escalates into a board agenda item and diagram the escalation path.

Summarize three strategies for building coalitions with local government, business groups, and local media.

Design a hiring sequence for a principal vacancy that names the competencies assessed at each stage and the evidence collected.

Build a 90-day onboarding plan for a new campus leader with three checkpoints and one explicit exit criterion.

Distinguish coaching, mentoring, and evaluation in a table showing purpose, frequency, and who owns each.

Write five original ethics scenarios (conflict of interest, confidentiality, equity of access, staff conduct, use of position) with a defensible course of action for each.

State a personal decision rule for when a personnel matter must reach the board and when it stays inside superintendent authority.

Re-score your Week 1 and Week 2 practice sets and name the two weakest sub-topics in each domain.

Write 15 new items on those four weakest sub-topics and explain in writing why each distractor is wrong.

Redo the Week 2 budget scenario in 20 minutes without notes and compare the two answers line by line.

Diagram how one instructional decision (for example, adding interventionists) flows into the staffing formula and the budget document.

Write a 400-word case response that integrates one vision goal, one organized community opposition, and a board communication plan.

Build a 12-month community engagement calendar tied to three strategic plan milestones.

Draft media talking points on a contested instructional initiative that stay in vision language rather than becoming defensive.

Identify two political risks embedded in your strategic plan and write one mitigation sentence for each.

Complete two full-length timed practice exams across all domains and log the percentage for each domain separately.

Rank all seven domains by practice score and re-study the two lowest for 90 focused minutes each.

Rewrite your ten most-missed items as one-line decision rules and rehearse them aloud.

Write a one-page test-day plan covering timing, pacing checkpoints, and a flagged-item strategy.