Special Topics 1

2. Instructional Leader

3. Instructional
Leadership :
An Overview

4. Instructional Leadership
: Concepts and Views

6. 1.Principal-centered 1.Person-centered- create collegial
relationships with and among teachers
2.High Focus on Curriculum and Instruction 2.Focus on School Based Management
3.Setting Clear Goal 3.Shared understanding of the goals
4.Allocating Resources through Instruction 4.Providing the resources needed for
learning to occur
5.Monitoring Lesson Plan 5.Deep Involvement in the Form of core
Technology of teaching and learning
6.Evaluating Teachers for Improvement in
Teaching
6.Carries more sophisticated views of
professional development.

7. Knowledge Confidence Enthusiasm
Includes awareness
of chains management
theory, insight into
personal capabilities
knowing when to get
help from outside
resources and staying
involve with other
leaders of educational
advancement.
Drives interpersonal
relations,
communication,
planning ,decision
making and conflict
management.
Includes the ability
to bring all
stakeholders together
to act.

11. THE PRINCIPAL
Must be an expert in teaching and learning
Must build an informed vocabulary of pedagogical term
Must use keywords like lesson plan, instructional design and pedagogy
Must be able to articulate about instructional design, delivery methods,
formative and summative assessment and learning styles.
Must demonstrate through this action that teaching and learning are the
center of what happens in school
Must be visible in the classroom, in order to learn more about
instructional practices
Must identify outstanding teachers and their methods
Must provide opportunities to superstar teachers to share their best
practices
Must identify teachers in need of support and professional development
Must be the great caddy who provides advice on shot
Must be the “caddy” to teachers providing the necessary tools and
advice on how best to use them
Must be able to recognize teachers having instructional problem
Must identify the needed resources and provide opportunities to acquire
both

12. PRACTICES
QUALITIES

14. 1.Being a resource provider- recognize the desire teachers have for
acknowledgment and appreciation for a job well done and assist
their teachers in professional development.
2.Being an Instructional Resource- success in “teaching and learning”
means teachers count on their principal as resources of
information, current trends, and effective practices in instructions.
3.Being a Communicator- communicate essential beliefs regarding
learning including all children can learn and learners outcomes
guide instructional programs and decisions.
4.Being a Visible Presence- Leading the instructional program of a
school means a commitment to living and breathing a vision of
success in the teaching and learning process.