Abstract
The instructional leadership role is one of the most critical and necessary roles of a school leader to promote students' learning. However, it is a common notion that the principal solely is the instructional leader in a school. Thus, this paper aims to discover who else works as an instructional leader and how an instructional leadership team can be formed. Findings from a semi-systematic literature review show that the principal is not alone the instructional leader in a school. Instead, he/she is the leader of the instructional leadership team, and the assistant principals and the content experts are the members of this team. Moreover, the paper also finds that the principal's role is critical to forming an instructional leadership team for the students' better academic outcomes. Key words: Instructional leader, principal, teaching-learning, learners, instructional leadership team, school.
Highlights
In the K-12 school, a principal performs many duties and responsibilities to run a school
This study aims to explore the role of the principal who works as the building administrator in forming an instructional leadership team in a school
The research question is, "How can a principal form an instructional leadership team to bring out the learners' academic success in a school?" The findings of this study will provide an understanding of the school leaders regarding instructional leadership in the 21st century to meet the students' academic needs
Summary
In the K-12 school, a principal performs many duties and responsibilities to run a school. Among the duties a school principal performs are: creating a mission and vision, policy implication, budgeting, operation and management, connecting community, communication, continuous professional development for the teachers and staff. The primary role of the principal is to facilitate teaching and learning. According to Wagner et al (2006), the primary purpose of schooling is teaching the students to help them achieving knowledge for their academic success. The principal leads the teaching-learning being an instructional leader. Instructional leadership is the most vital role of a school leader to show effective teaching-learning, and it has risen to importance as a guiding principle of leadership in education over the previous twenty to thirty years (Boyce and Bowers, 2018; Gurley et al, 2015; Salo et al, 2015)
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