If you don't have instructional leaders in administrative positions, what would need to be done to improve/gain instructional leadership at the administrative level?
Instructional Leadership...
Does your administration have any instructional leaders? If so, what are their qualities that distinguish them as good instructional leaders? What kind of training/experiences have they had that's made them instructional leaders? How has this benefitted your school/classroom?
1. THE PURPOSE OF LEADERSHIP IS TO IMPROVE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE
Thus, the skills and knowledge that matter are those which contribute to creating classrooms, schools, and districts where there are clear expectations about performance.
2. IMPROVEMENT REQUIRES CONTINUOUS LEARNING, BOTH BY INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
Collective learning needs an environment in which learning is the normal activity. The current structure of public education encourages isolated and individualistic learning. Distributed leadership needs to create an environment that views learning as a collective good. Individuals should expect to have colleagues look critically at their personal ideas and practices; and groups should expect the same thing from individuals. Privacy of practice produces isolation, and isolation is the enemy of improvement.
3. LEADERS LEAD BY EXEMPLIFYING THE VALUES AND BEHAVIOR THEY WANT OTHERS TO ADOPT
If learning is their central responsibility, leaders must model the learning they expect others to engage in. They should also expect to have their own practice subjected to the same scrutiny that they turn on others.
4. PEOPLE COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS WHEN THEY RECOGNIZE OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERTISE
Large-scale improvement requires a relatively complex kind of cooperation among people in diverse roles. The key to creating this cooperation is understanding that learning grows out of differences in expertise. If collective learning is the goal, my authority to command you to do something doesn’t mean much if I don’t have the knowledge and skill which, when joined with yours, make us both more effective.
5. LEADERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING MAKE POSSIBLE WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRING OTHERS TO DO
A boss can command whatever she likes. A leader gets her authority from making sure that people have a chance to learn to do what she asks.
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