Principal Instructional Leadership: A Key for School Improvement

Teacher leadership is the process by which teachers, individually or collectively, influence their colleagues, principals, and other members of the school community to improve teaching and learning practices with the goal of increased student learning and achievement. Instructional leadership focuses on the core responsibility of a school, namely teaching and learning, by defining the school vision, mission and goals, managing the instructional program and promoting the school climate. Principal plays an important role in achieving the educational goal and promoting school improvement. The present paper highlights various dimensions of principal instructional leadership in the light of researches, roles and responsibilities and ways to foster instructional leadership of principal. The paper also highlights the instructional leadership of principal as a key for school improvement.