Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership

Management Strategies for Strengthening the Academic Program

By (author) John C. Leonard

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Publication date:

16 September 2010

Length of book:

120 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781607095934

Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership is centered on the principalship and is designed to offer busy school leaders time management strategies for finding the time to be genuine instructional leaders. Leonard provides a set of tactics_called keys_that will guide readers' reflection on the issue of instructional management. These seven keys offer principals suggestions for overcoming the daily barrage of secondary responsibilities that redirect valuable time and energy away from academics. The keys offered are not in a prioritized must-do list, nor are they intended to be an all-or-none approach. Principals searching for time solutions are encouraged to consider each of the keys and adopt, adapt, or reject the suggestion to fit their personal leadership circumstances.
Connecting the tenets of shared leadership with the importance of instructional goals, this book brings to the foreground a clear and well articulated approach to instructional leadership for today's school, focusing the reader on practical examples of challenges and problems faced as a principal, and then applying a key strategy in a process that demonstrates the power of Value Added Unified Leadership Team (VAULT). This is a must read for the student in principal preparation and for the principal who is serious about being a student of instructional leadership.