ERIC Number: EJ1297647
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-6846
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Approaches to Instructional Leadership: Organizational Influences in Contexts of (Mis)match
Jimerson, Jo Beth; Quebec Fuentes, Sarah
Journal of School Leadership, v31 n4 p343-367 Jul 2021
Instructional leadership efforts are complicated when leaders and teachers do not share areas of expertise. Leaders work to bridge this divide through a number of approaches, such as collaboration with specialist personnel and the development of leadership content knowledge (LCK). The purpose of this study was to explore the organizational factors that help shape the ways school leaders enact instructional leadership when supervising in areas of (mis)match. Interviews with n = 31 teachers and school leaders indicated that organizational factors influenced the ways in which leaders understood and enacted their roles related to instructional supervision. Evidence also suggested the presence of organizational structures that could be reframed as robust, intentional supports to help school leaders develop LCK.
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Responsibility, Cooperation, Leadership Styles, Teacher Supervision, Knowledge Level, Principals, Administrator Role, Organizational Theories, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Barriers, Professional Development, Supervisors, Supervisory Methods, Teacher Competencies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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