At a neighborhood association meeting, a fifth-grade teacher at Pine Hollow Elementary tells another resident that a child on their street "qualifies for special education because of a learning disability" and describes the child's reading scores. Which provision of the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida does this conduct MOST directly violate?

The obligation not to disclose confidential personally identifiable student information except as required by law

The obligation not to intentionally expose a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement in class

The obligation to make reasonable effort to protect students from conditions harmful to learning, to health or to safety

The obligation to take reasonable precautions to distinguish personal views from those of the school district

The roof over the media center at Oakmont Middle has leaked through two rainy seasons, and the district facilities office estimates replacement at $180,000. The school's operating budget for supplies is $95,000. A teacher suggests saving supply money over two years to pay for the roof. What is the MOST appropriate funding approach?

Request the replacement through the district's capital outlay process and facilities work plan

Launch a schoolwide fundraiser so the school does not depend on the district for the project

Use the school's supply budget over two years, since the roof affects the instructional program

Ask the SAC to vote to use school improvement funds, which may pay for any school priority

Principal Ortiz is beginning her first year at Sea Oat Middle, a school whose grade has dropped two letter grades over three years. The vision statement on the wall was written ten years ago and staff rarely refer to it. She wants to lead a revision of the vision and mission. What is the BEST first step in the change process?

Share achievement and climate data with stakeholders to build a shared understanding of the need for change

Write a new vision statement herself and present it to staff for feedback at the first faculty meeting

Have each department write its own vision statement and combine them into a new school statement

Ask the district office to provide a model vision statement used by a high-performing middle school

An assistant principal tallies how the Grade 8 PLC used its weekly meetings over one quarter: Reviewing student work or common assessment data | 1 Which action BEST moves this team toward functioning as a professional learning community?

Restructure the agenda around what students should learn, how the team will know, and how it will respond

Require the team to submit meeting minutes each week so administrators can check that time is being used

Move field trip and event planning to email so the team has more meeting time for whatever members choose

Have the assistant principal attend every meeting and lead it until the team shows better use of the time

Office discipline referrals at Tidewater Middle School for one semester: Group | Percent of enrollment | Percent of referrals What should the principal do FIRST?

Analyze the referrals for students with disabilities by behavior, location, time and referring staff

Require an administrator's approval before any student with a disability is referred to the office

Review the IEP of every student with a disability and add a behavior intervention plan to each one

Train all teachers on de-escalation strategies for students with disabilities during preplanning

During a walkthrough, Assistant Principal Bell hears a math teacher return tests by announcing each score aloud and saying to one student, "Another 40 — maybe try opening the book this time," as classmates laugh. Which obligation under the Principles of Professional Conduct is this teacher MOST clearly violating?

Not intentionally exposing a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement

Not using institutional privileges for personal gain or advantage in dealings with others

Not harassing or discriminating against a student based on a protected status

Not intentionally distorting or misrepresenting facts about a student's progress

Ibis Elementary has 140 English language learners. The school already provides the ESOL instruction required by the Consent Decree using state and local funds. The Title III coordinator asks for proposals. Which proposal BEST fits the purpose of Title III funds?

An after-school English language development program and family literacy nights

Translation of the school's required parent notices on ELL status and placement

State-required English language proficiency testing for newly enrolled students

Salaries for the ESOL-endorsed teachers who provide the required ESOL instruction

Principal Arroyo's school has a new mission statement written by the leadership team over the summer. In a fall survey, 72% of parents and 55% of teachers say they have never seen it, and students cannot describe it. Which action would BEST strengthen the mission in the school community?

Revisit the mission with staff, students and families and link it to school decisions and routines

Present the mission at the next SAC meeting and ask council members to share it with other families and neighbors

Print the mission on all school documents, the website and posters in every classroom and hallway

Have students memorize the mission and recite it during morning announcements each day

The Grade 6 math PLC at Snowy Egret Middle School agreed on norms that include bringing scored student work to each meeting. For three weeks, two members have arrived without student work, and the team has spent meetings discussing general concerns instead. What should the principal do FIRST to support the team?

Coach the team leader to revisit the norms with the team and plan how members will hold each other to them

Change the norms so that bringing student work is optional when members have had a busy week

Attend the next meeting and remind the two teachers in front of the team that the agreed norms are required of all members

Write a letter of concern to the two teachers and place it in their files as a record of the issue

Out-of-school suspensions at Moorhen Middle School: Group | Percent of enrollment | Percent of suspensions Not economically disadvantaged | 50% | 22% The most common reason for suspension is 'disrespect or defiance.' Which action BEST addresses the pattern while keeping the school safe?

Define defiance behaviors clearly and add in-school alternatives that teach expected behavior

Hold a parent meeting for economically disadvantaged families to review the code of conduct

Stop suspending economically disadvantaged students until their rate matches their enrollment

Require teachers to call home before writing any referral for disrespect or defiance behaviors

FELE 4.0 Florida Educational Leadership Examination (084)

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10 sample questions for the FELE 4.0 Florida Educational Leadership Examination (084), with the correct answer and an explanation for each. No account needed. Try each one before you open the answer.

Sections covered on the exam: Subtest 1 - Foundational Policies and Practices of School Leadership, Subtest 3 - Leadership Development (Written Performance Assessment).

Question 1 · Subtest 1 - Foundational Policies and Practices of School Leadership
At a neighborhood association meeting, a fifth-grade teacher at Pine Hollow Elementary tells another resident that a child on their street "qualifies for special education because of a learning disability" and describes the child's reading scores. Which provision of the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida does this conduct MOST directly violate?
- A.The obligation not to intentionally expose a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement in class
- B.The obligation not to disclose confidential personally identifiable student information except as required by law
- C.The obligation to make reasonable effort to protect students from conditions harmful to learning, to health or to safety
- D.The obligation to take reasonable precautions to distinguish personal views from those of the school district
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. The obligation not to disclose confidential personally identifiable student information except as required by law
The Principles of Professional Conduct (Rule 6A-10.081) require educators to keep confidential personally identifiable information about students unless disclosure serves a professional purpose or is required by law. Sharing a child's disability eligibility and scores with a neighbor serves no professional purpose. The embarrassment provision concerns how a teacher treats a student, and the personal-views provision concerns speaking on behalf of the district, so neither fits as well.
Question 2 · Subtest 1 - Foundational Policies and Practices of School Leadership
The roof over the media center at Oakmont Middle has leaked through two rainy seasons, and the district facilities office estimates replacement at $180,000. The school's operating budget for supplies is $95,000. A teacher suggests saving supply money over two years to pay for the roof. What is the MOST appropriate funding approach?
- A.Launch a schoolwide fundraiser so the school does not depend on the district for the project
- B.Use the school's supply budget over two years, since the roof affects the instructional program
- C.Ask the SAC to vote to use school improvement funds, which may pay for any school priority
- D.Request the replacement through the district's capital outlay process and facilities work plan
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. Request the replacement through the district's capital outlay process and facilities work plan
Major repairs and replacement of building components are capital outlay expenses, funded through capital sources such as discretionary capital millage and planned through the district's facilities work plan. Operating supply funds are intended for day-to-day instructional costs, and school improvement funds are meant to implement the School Improvement Plan, not to pay for building construction. A fundraiser could not responsibly cover a project of this scale and still requires district facilities approval.
Question 3 · Subtest 1 - Foundational Policies and Practices of School Leadership
Principal Ortiz is beginning her first year at Sea Oat Middle, a school whose grade has dropped two letter grades over three years. The vision statement on the wall was written ten years ago and staff rarely refer to it. She wants to lead a revision of the vision and mission. What is the BEST first step in the change process?
- A.Share achievement and climate data with stakeholders to build a shared understanding of the need for change
- B.Write a new vision statement herself and present it to staff for feedback at the first faculty meeting
- C.Have each department write its own vision statement and combine them into a new school statement
- D.Ask the district office to provide a model vision statement used by a high-performing middle school
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. Share achievement and climate data with stakeholders to build a shared understanding of the need for change
Most change models begin by creating a shared sense of urgency through honest examination of data with stakeholders. Once staff and community understand why change is needed, they can help shape a vision they will own. A principal-written statement or a borrowed model skips that shared understanding, and combining department statements does not produce a unified direction.
Question 4 · Subtest 3 - Leadership Development (Written Performance Assessment)
An assistant principal tallies how the Grade 8 PLC used its weekly meetings over one quarter:
Reviewing student work or common assessment data | 1
Which action BEST moves this team toward functioning as a professional learning community?
- A.Require the team to submit meeting minutes each week so administrators can check that time is being used
- B.Move field trip and event planning to email so the team has more meeting time for whatever members choose
- C.Restructure the agenda around what students should learn, how the team will know, and how it will respond
- D.Have the assistant principal attend every meeting and lead it until the team shows better use of the time
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Restructure the agenda around what students should learn, how the team will know, and how it will respond
PLCs focus on learning: what students must learn, how teachers will know, and what to do when students do or do not learn. A protocol built on those questions shifts the time from logistics to student work. Freeing time without a focus, taking over the team, or demanding minutes builds compliance rather than team capacity.
Question 5 · Subtest 3 - Leadership Development (Written Performance Assessment)
Office discipline referrals at Tidewater Middle School for one semester:
Group | Percent of enrollment | Percent of referrals
What should the principal do FIRST?
- A.Require an administrator's approval before any student with a disability is referred to the office
- B.Review the IEP of every student with a disability and add a behavior intervention plan to each one
- C.Train all teachers on de-escalation strategies for students with disabilities during preplanning
- D.Analyze the referrals for students with disabilities by behavior, location, time and referring staff
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. Analyze the referrals for students with disabilities by behavior, location, time and referring staff
Students with disabilities receive more than twice their share of referrals, but the cause is unclear; breaking down the referrals reveals whether the pattern comes from certain behaviors, settings or staff. Training, approval rules or blanket behavior plans before that analysis may miss the actual source, and behavior plans must be individualized by IEP teams.
Question 6 · Subtest 1 - Foundational Policies and Practices of School Leadership
During a walkthrough, Assistant Principal Bell hears a math teacher return tests by announcing each score aloud and saying to one student, "Another 40 — maybe try opening the book this time," as classmates laugh. Which obligation under the Principles of Professional Conduct is this teacher MOST clearly violating?
- A.Not using institutional privileges for personal gain or advantage in dealings with others
- B.Not harassing or discriminating against a student based on a protected status
- C.Not intentionally distorting or misrepresenting facts about a student's progress
- D.Not intentionally exposing a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. Not intentionally exposing a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement
Rule 6A-10.081 requires educators not to intentionally expose a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement. Announcing scores and mocking a student in front of classmates does exactly that, and it also exposes confidential grade information. The other obligations are real provisions, but nothing here involves personal gain, misrepresenting facts or discrimination based on a protected status.
Question 7 · Subtest 1 - Foundational Policies and Practices of School Leadership
Ibis Elementary has 140 English language learners. The school already provides the ESOL instruction required by the Consent Decree using state and local funds. The Title III coordinator asks for proposals. Which proposal BEST fits the purpose of Title III funds?
- A.Translation of the school's required parent notices on ELL status and placement
- B.State-required English language proficiency testing for newly enrolled students
- C.Salaries for the ESOL-endorsed teachers who provide the required ESOL instruction
- D.An after-school English language development program and family literacy nights
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. An after-school English language development program and family literacy nights
Title III supports supplemental language instruction and family engagement for English learners, beyond what the school must already provide. An after-school language development program and family literacy nights add services. Required ESOL instruction, required parent notifications and required proficiency testing are obligations the school must fund anyway, so paying for them with Title III would supplant.
Question 8 · Subtest 1 - Foundational Policies and Practices of School Leadership
Principal Arroyo's school has a new mission statement written by the leadership team over the summer. In a fall survey, 72% of parents and 55% of teachers say they have never seen it, and students cannot describe it. Which action would BEST strengthen the mission in the school community?
- A.Present the mission at the next SAC meeting and ask council members to share it with other families and neighbors
- B.Print the mission on all school documents, the website and posters in every classroom and hallway
- C.Have students memorize the mission and recite it during morning announcements each day
- D.Revisit the mission with staff, students and families and link it to school decisions and routines
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. Revisit the mission with staff, students and families and link it to school decisions and routines
A mission influences a school only when stakeholders understand and share it. Involving staff, students and families in revisiting it, and visibly using it to guide decisions and routines, builds shared ownership. Posting and memorizing increase visibility but not commitment, and relying on SAC members to spread it does not involve the wider community.
Question 9 · Subtest 3 - Leadership Development (Written Performance Assessment)
The Grade 6 math PLC at Snowy Egret Middle School agreed on norms that include bringing scored student work to each meeting. For three weeks, two members have arrived without student work, and the team has spent meetings discussing general concerns instead. What should the principal do FIRST to support the team?
- A.Change the norms so that bringing student work is optional when members have had a busy week
- B.Attend the next meeting and remind the two teachers in front of the team that the agreed norms are required of all members
- C.Coach the team leader to revisit the norms with the team and plan how members will hold each other to them
- D.Write a letter of concern to the two teachers and place it in their files as a record of the issue
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Coach the team leader to revisit the norms with the team and plan how members will hold each other to them
Teams function best when members own and enforce their norms, and coaching the team leader builds that capacity. A public reprimand damages trust, relaxing the norm removes the team's focus on student work, and a letter of concern treats a collaboration problem as a personnel matter too early.
Question 10 · Subtest 3 - Leadership Development (Written Performance Assessment)
Out-of-school suspensions at Moorhen Middle School:
Group | Percent of enrollment | Percent of suspensions
Not economically disadvantaged | 50% | 22%
The most common reason for suspension is 'disrespect or defiance.'
Which action BEST addresses the pattern while keeping the school safe?
- A.Define defiance behaviors clearly and add in-school alternatives that teach expected behavior
- B.Hold a parent meeting for economically disadvantaged families to review the code of conduct
- C.Stop suspending economically disadvantaged students until their rate matches their enrollment
- D.Require teachers to call home before writing any referral for disrespect or defiance behaviors
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. Define defiance behaviors clearly and add in-school alternatives that teach expected behavior
Subjective categories such as defiance are applied unevenly, and suspension removes students from learning; clear definitions plus instructional alternatives address both. A suspension freeze by group is unfair and unsafe, a parent meeting places the problem on families, and a call-home rule alone does not change how behaviors are judged.

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