Role of Instructional Lead

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Role of Instructional

Leadership


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Purpose of Session

Explore the term Instructionalleadership and what it means toour roles

Examine research of what iseffective instructional leadership

Link instructional leadership to

the current agenda regardingimprovement, improvementimprovement ..


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What is it?

Educational leadership

Curriculum leadership

Leader of learning

Transformation leadership

Transactional leadership

Its whats behind the title that

matters!


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Background

Most popular theme inleadership over the last twodecades

Origins in Northern America

Despite its popularity it is oftennot clearly defined


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Instructional leadership

Instruction = the process or actof teaching: education

Leadership = a person whorules, guides, or inspires others

Collins Dictionary


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Leadership Matters!

A highly effective school leader

can have a dramatic influenceon the overall academic

achievement of students.Michael Fullan 2005


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Leadership Matters even more!

It is now more than 20 yearssince leadership was identifiedas one of the key components of

good schools by HMI, whostated that, without exception,the most important single factorin the success of these schoolsis the quality of the leadership ofthe head.

Dept of Education & Science


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Why the importance of thistype of leadership?

Improved classroom

instruction is the prime factor

to produce studentachievement gainsOdden & Wallace


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Another great irony of public schooling isthat the office of curriculum and instructiontraditionally has so little influence on.curriculum and instruction. Results Now M Schmoker

Too much of the educational leadershipliterature is long on harmony,consensus and sentiment, feel goodpressures that float high above the hardfundamental necessities of schoolleadership. Most especially, leaders needpractical ways to monitor and require-effective instruction and high qualitycurriculum. Results Now M Schmoker


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When leadership is focused on

results, on urging a formal,frequent review of the impact of

instruction, teaching improves.Results Now M Schmoker

For school improvement to

occur instructional leadershipneeds to be in existence.

A Mission of the Heart, Public Agenda


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What are the elements ofInstructional Leadership

Resource provider, instructionalresource, communicator and visiblepresence (Smith and Andrews)

Encourager, facilitator of the study ofteaching and learning, facilitator ofcollaborative efforts amongstteachers, establishing coachingrelationships with teachers, using

research to make instructionaldecisions & using adult learningprinciples (Blas & Blas)


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What are the elements ofInstructional Leadership contd

Direct assistance to teachers intheir day to day activities,development of collaborative

groups amongst staff, designingeffective staff development,curriculum development, & use

of action researchGlickman, Gordon and Ross-Gordon


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What are the elements ofInstructional Leadership contd

Defining schools mission, managingcurriculum and instruction, &promoting a positive school climate

Hallinger, Murphy et al

Understands effective practices incurriculum, instruction andassessment and the ability to work

with teachers on the day to dayproblems that relate to these topics.

Elmore


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Process

Define Instructional Leadership

Share with partner


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Leadership Matters!

Sustainable leadership doesnt

equivocate. It puts learning atthe centre of everything leaders

do. Students learning comesfirst, then everyone elses in

support of it.

Stoll, Fink and Earl 2003


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Instructional LeadershipPractice :Viviane Robinson 2007

Establishing goals and expectations

Strategic resourcing

Planning, coordinating and

evaluating teaching and thecurriculum

Promoting and participating in

teacher learning and development Ensuring an orderly and supportive

environment


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Instructional Leadershipcharacteristics : David Hopkins

Ability to articulate vision andvalues about student learningand achievement, and to make

connections to behaviour Understanding of pedagogy

Understanding of development

and maintenance Strategic orientation and to plan

medium term


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Instructional Leadershipcharacteristics contd: David Hopkins

Understanding capacity and its rolein sustaining change

A commitment to promoting enquiry:

the how rather than the what Commitment to professional

development and managing ateachers life cycle

Ability to engender trust and providepositive reinforcement

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Focus onLearning

Think

Systemically

Connections to DIAf


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What does instructionalleadership look like?

If you were to go into a school/preschool where there iseffective instructional leadership

what would you see, feel, hear? Make a list of 8-10 concrete

bits of evidence?

Would it look different in thedifferent sectors ie preschool,primary, secondary?


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School improvement is mostsurely and thoroughly achievedwhen teachers engage in

frequent, continuous andincreasingly concrete talk aboutteaching practices... capable ofdistinguishing one practice and

it's virtue from another.Judith Warren

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