Provide professional learning experiences on effective instructional leadership practices
Alfie Kohn highlights the stark differences in learning opportunities available to children in disadvantaged and affluent communities, underscoring the need
for effective instructional leadership.
Just as it is important for educators in a school district and in individual schools to have a shared vision and a common language around what quality teaching looks and sounds like, it is essential that district and school leaders have a shared vision and common language on both the definition of instructional leadership and the description of
effective instructional leadership behaviors.
In 2015, following the publication of Leading Pre-K — 3 Learning Communities, NAESP developed the first nationwide blended professional learning program to provide principals and other leaders with a job - embedded, sustained, and on - going professional learning experience focused on
mastering effective instructional leadership practices that are developmentally - appropriate.
[6] Empirical research has consistently established that strong leaders improve student outcomes through several «avenues of influence,» including: providing supportive working conditions; increasing teacher motivation;
ensuring effective instructional leadership; developing robust professional communities; and creating supportive school climates.
NAESP supports principals as the primary catalysts for creating lasting foundations for learning through policy development, advocacy, professional development programs, and resources
for effective instructional leadership.
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