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    INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP:

    AN EMERGING STRATEGIC
    AGENDA FOR IMPROVED
    LEARNER ACHIEVEMENT

    Fe A. Hidalgo, Ph.D
    What is Instructional Leadership?
    Instructional Leadership

    “Instructional Leadership encompasses---”


    Those actions that a principal takes or
    delegates to others, to promote growth in
    student learning (Debevoise; 1984). It
    comprises the following tasks:
     defining the purpose of schooling

     setting school-wide goals

     providing resources needed for learning


    to occur
     supervising and evaluating teachers
     coordinating staff development
    programs
     creating collegial relationships with
    and among teachers
    Marsh 1992 defines Instructional
    Leadership “is something specific to a
    principal. It refers to anything that
    school leaders do to improve teaching
    and learning in the school. It focuses
    on learning and its promotion. This is
    the reason why instructional leaders
    are also called learning leaders”.
    What is the difference between
    leadership and management?
    Leadership Management
    • Are their own • Are good soldiers
    persons
    • Think radically • Think incrementally
    • Ask what and why • Ask how and when
    • Innovate • Administer
    • Inspire trust • Ensure efficiency/
    control
    • Have a long range • Have pragmatic/
    perspective operational views
    • Eye the horizon • Eye the bottom line
    Leadership Management
    • Challenge the status • Sustain the status
    quo quo
    • Focus on people and • Focus on structures/
    relationship systems and tasks/
    deliverables
    • Communicate • Command
    • Originate • Imitate
    • Do the right things • Do things right

    Source: Dean Tony La Viňa, Ateneo School of Government


    Who play the role of instructional
    leadership?
    Provision in RA 9155 (Governance of
    Basic Education Act 2001) states (The
    Shift in Locus and Focus of the
    Leadership Roles of Principal in School
    Improvement)

    “There shall be a school head for all


    public elementary schools or a cluster
    thereof. The establishment of integrated
    schools from existing public elementary
    and public high schools shall be
    encouraged.”
    The school head, who may be assisted by
    an assistant school head, shall be both
    an instructional leader and administrative
    manager. The school head shall form a
    team with the school teachers/learning
    facilitators for delivery of quality
    educational programs, projects and
    services. A core of non-teaching staff
    shall handle the school’s administrative,
    fiscal and auxiliary services,
    1. Setting the mission, vision, goals and
    objectives of the school;
    2. Creating an environment within the
    school that is conducive to teaching and
    learning;
    3. Implementing the school curriculum and
    being accountable for higher learning
    outcomes;
    4. Developing the school education program
    and school improvement plan;
    5. Offering educational programs, projects
    and services which provide equitable
    opportunity for all learners in the
    community;
    6. Introducing new innovative methods of
    instruction to achieve higher learning
    outcomes;
    7. Administering and managing all personnel,
    physical and fiscal resources of the school;
    8. Recommending the staffing complement of
    the school based on its needs;
    9. Encouraging staff development; and
    10.Establishing school and community
    network and encouraging the active
    participation of teachers organizations,
    non-academic personnel of public schools,
    and parents-teachers-community
    associations.
    What are the Roles of Instructional
    Leaders?
    Roles of Instructional Leaders

     In general, they improve teaching and


    learning in the school.
     They lead in setting the school vision
    and formulating strategies.
     They are resource provider.

     They are instructional resource.

     They provide a visible presence in the

    school.
    Roles of Instructional Leaders

     They understand effective practices in


    school.
     They define the school mission.

     They understand effective practices in

    curriculum, instruction and


    assessment.
     They promote and participate in

    teacher learning and development.


    Roles of Instructional Leaders

     They ensure supportive and orderly


    environment.
     They understand effective pedagogy.
    What does research tell us about
    Instructional Leadership?
    The Victorian Educational Leadership
    consortium states their research-based
    conclusions related to school leadership

    1. Leadership has significant effects on


    student learning, second only to the
    effects of the quality of curriculum and
    teachers’ instruction.

    2. Currently, administrators and teacher


    leaders provide most of the leadership in
    schools, but other potential sources of
    leadership exist.
    3. A core set of leadership practices from
    the “Basics” of successful leadership
    and are valuable in almost all
    educational contexts.

    4. Successful school leaders respond


    productively to challenges and
    opportunities created by the
    accountability-oriented policy context
    in which they work.
    5. Successful school leaders respond
    productively to the opportunities and
    challenges of educating diverse groups
    of students.

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