Essential Skills of an Instructional Leader

It includes awareness of change management theory, capabilities, insight into personal capabilities, knowing when to get help from outside resources and staying involved with other leaders of educational advancement.

• Enthusiastic

• Knowledge

• Confidence

• Awareness

A good leader communicates essential beliefs regarding learning such as the conviction that all children can learn and no child should be left behind.

• Good Communicator

• Resource Provider

• Visible Presence

• Instructional Resource

A good leader must also recognize the teachers’ desire to be acknowledged and appreciated for a job well done.

• Visible presence

• Good communicator

• Resource provider

• Instructional provider

As a principal, you must know your teachers' strengths and weaknesses to know who to assigned special tasks like Subject coordinators, Sports coordinators, etc...

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As a leader of a school, your only task is to manage the teachers and see that the policies and school goals are met.

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