Principals as Instructional Leadership Coaches

• In Event: Leadership Capacity, Professional Learning, and Organizational Conditions That Support Instruction

Abstract

The professional development that principals receive directly impacts their ability to build school capacity for improvement. Principals are expected to serve as the instructional leaders of their schools but often are not provided the professional development to support their own growth. This paper describes the experiences of school-based administrators engaged in a yearlong certified instructional leadership coaching program. The paper outlines how a job embedded professional development model for instructional coaching allowed administrators to navigate between the roles of evaluator and coach as they support the learning of their teachers.

Author

• Lauren Janel Gibbs, University of Florida