Fostering department chair instructional leadership capacity: laying the groundwork for distributed instructional leadership

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans W. Klar
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Department Chair ◽  
Leadership Capacity

scholarly journals Instructional Leadership Capacity of Secondary School Science Heads of Department in Gauteng, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 267-293
Author(s):  
Cynthia B Malinga ◽  
Loyiso C Jita ◽  
Abiodun A Bada
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
School Science ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Science Disciplines

Natural sciences (NS) is an amalgam of five science disciplines, but the teachers of this subject are usually generalists, or have specialised in a maximum of two of the disciplines. This poses a major challenge to heads of department (HoDs), who are expected to lead instruction in these disciplines. We investigate science HoDs’ capacity to provide instructional leadership in South African secondary schools. The study was quantitative in nature and adopted the survey design. The investigation involved 77 secondary schools out of the 243 schools in the Gauteng province of South Africa. A data set from 142 participants (HoDs = 30; teachers = 112) was used to explore the capacity of science HoDs to provide instructional leadership in secondary schools, using questionnaires. The findings suggest that the capacity of science HoDs to lead instruction is limited by their inability to differentiate between curriculum management and instructional leadership and the relatively insufficient time allocated to provide instructional leadership. Unless schools and local district offices review the grouping of subjects in science departments and in the allocation of natural science teachers and HoDs, much stronger subject-based instructional leadership may potentially continue to remain a mirage. We recommend more focused subject-specific training in natural sciences for both teachers and HoDs, and that leadership should be distributed along science disciplines.

Expanding Instructional Leadership Through the Department Chair

1987 ◽  
Vol 71 (502) ◽  
pp. 77-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Costanza ◽  
Saundra J. Tracy ◽  
Roger Holmes
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Department Chair ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Role Based ◽  
And Training

Here's how one school district has attempted to expand the instructional leadership role in its secondary schools through the selection and training of a group of department coordina tors. Since no such position had previously existed, it was an opportunity to define and develop this new role based on the research on instructional leadership and school culture.

scholarly journals Instructional Leadership Capacity of Elementary School Administrators

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Runato A. Basañes
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Instructional Supervision ◽  
Public Elementary School ◽  
Assessment Of Learning ◽  
Elementary School Administrators

Objective - The purpose of this study is to determine the level of instructional leadership among public elementary school administrators in Antique, Philippines. Methodology/Technique – The study was conducted using the descriptive survey design to a sample of 182 purposively selected public elementary school administrators in the School Division of Antique, Philippines. The researcher adapted the National Competency-Based Standards for School Heads Questionnaire for this study. The questionnaire was originally constructed by the Department of Education (DepEd) - National Educators Academy of the Philippines (DepEd - NEAP). Finding - The results reveal that public elementary school administrators have poor knowledge in instructional leadership, specifically in developing programs and or adapting existing programs. The results also show that the public elementary school administrators have moderate knowledge in Assessment of Learning, Implementing Programs for Instructional Improvement, and Instructional Supervision. Novelty - The study suggests instructional leadership training programs for school administrators to increase their competence in instructional leadership so they can achieve the goals of their respective schools. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: A21, I23. Keywords: Assessment of Learning; Capability Enhancement Program; Instructional Leadership Capacity; Instructional Supervision; School Programs Development; School Program Implementation. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Basañes, R.A. 2020. Instructional Leadership Capacity of Elementary School Administrators, Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review 8(2): 113– 123. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2020.8.2(5)

Changing Principal Supervision to Develop Principals’ Instructional Leadership Capacity

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Mollie Rubin ◽  
Ellen Goldring ◽  
Michael A. Neel ◽  
Laura K. Rogers ◽  
Jason A. Grissom
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Principal Supervision
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