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ALMA C. CIFRA, EdD
Professor
Vision
A leading institution of higher learning
recognized for its quality transformative
education serving the nation and the
world.
MISSION
To provide a dynamic and supportive
academic environment through the
highest standard of instruction, research,
and extension in a non-sectarian
institution committed to democratizing
access to education.
To achieve its mission, the
University aims to:
Offer academic programs that meet the changing
national and international community needs;
Produce graduates who are competent leaders
and productive members of society;
Harness a pool of ethical, qualified and highly-
trained human resources;
Provide an academic environment conducive to optimum learning
through adequate state-of-the-art facilities;
Conduct researches and other scholarly activities that generate
new knowledge and contribute to improvement of the quality of
life for all;
Engage in community services that foster self-reliance and
empowerment among the marginalized community; and
Lead in the promotion and preservation of the cultural heritage of
Mindanao and of the country as a whole.
ED 253
Instructional
Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Those actions that a principal
takes or delegates to others, to
promote growth in student
learning (Debevoise; 1984)
It comprises the following tasks:
 defining the purpose of schooling
 setting school-wide goals
 providing resources needed for learning to occur
 supervising & evaluating teachers
 coordinating staff development programs
 coordinating collegial relationships with and among
others
Instructional Leadership is something
specific to a principal. It refers to anything
that school leaders do to improve
teaching and learning in the school. It
focuses on learning and its promotion.
This is the reason why instructional
leaders are also called learning leaders.
(Marsh, 1992)
4As
1) Activity
• brings understanding to what the learners
already know and clarity to what learners
should learn further.
• the student should already have a
retrospect of what they will be learning
through the activity that will be presented
• shared experiences/ tasks with own group
2) Analysis
• further questions will be asked
• lead as a facilitator rather than mere
lecturing and sharing facts and ideas.
• process and classify what is valid and not.
• wider view of the lesson but at the same
time draws closer to the main topic.
• reactions/ideas and discussions made
with the facilitator and other participants
3) Abstraction
• focuses entirely on the lesson being presented
and ask more lead questions to lead the
participants in reinforcing what they know and
should know more.
• starts to feel more the importance of the lesson
and see the necessity of it to his/her life.
• generalizations, synthesis, or conclusions
4) Application
• bringing the participants to a more
practical way of using HOW are they going
to use what they have learned and
thinking of new ways on how it can be
improved further.
• utilization or transfer of learning
TOPICS
1) Leadership and Management
2) Provisions in RA 9155
3) Roles of Instructional Leader
4) What does research tell
about instructional leadership?
5) Knowledge and skills
necessary for leaders to
effectively and ethically improve
instruction
6) Skills in analyzing,
criticizing, and evaluating
current instructional practices
7) Sample research on how to
continually improve instruction
8) Education and Related
Terms: Their Etymological
Meaning
9. Critical and Inspiring
Questions for Instructional
Leaders
10. Twenty-First-Century
School Leaders
11. Redefined Role of Principal
(from “functional rationality” to
“substantive rationality”)
12. Broad-based School
Leadership
13.
Principal Time Management:
Addressing Time Adversaries
14.
What It Means To Be An
Effective Principal/
Instructional Leader
15.
Instructional Leadership:
Supporting Best Practices
(Building and Sustaining a Sch.
Vision)
16.
Instructional Leadership:
Supporting Best Practices
(Sharing Leadership)
17.
Instructional Leadership:
Supporting Best Practices
(Leading a Learning
Community)
18.
Instructional Leadership:
Supporting Best Practices
(Using Data to Make
Instructional Decision)
19.
Instructional Leadership:
Supporting Best Practices
(Monitoring curriculum and
Instruction)
20.
School Climate: The Heart of the
School
(The Principal’s Role in Fostering
and sustaining School climate)
21.
School Climate: The Heart of
the School
(Internal and External
Dynamics in School)
22.
School Climate: The Heart of the
School
(Importance of high Expectation
and Respect; School climate and
Shared Decision Making)
23.
Instructional Leadership for School
Improvement
Principal Support for Teacher Leadership
(Introducing Teacher Leadership; The
Need for Teacher Leadership; a Starting
Point for Teacher Leadership; Cultivating
Teacher Leadership)
24. Connecting Leadership with
Learning
Leading for Learning: Establishing the
Foundational Ideas
Expectations:
• Report
• Literature Review
• Group Work/Project/Assignment
Contact No.
0977 832 9545
email ad.
almacifra40@gmail.com
alma_cifra@umindanao.edu.ph
thank you….