Instructional Leadership Is Not About Improving Teachers; It Is About Creating the Conditions Where Teachers Can Improve Themselves.

Being the “instructional leader” of the school is probably at the top of every principal’s job description. It is a nebulous concept, but it suggests to many administrators that they need to be experts on curriculum development, pedagogy, professional development, the integration of technology, and the research-based best practices that pour out of the literature and out of the workshops. That is a lot of pressure on any school leader.