New Explorations for Instructional Leaders: How Principals Can Promote Teaching and Learning Effectively

Why do principals find it difficult to put instructional leadership into action?

What can help them overcome the challenges involved in applying instructional leadership?

What functions of instructional leadership do school leaders tend to sidestep?

This book answers these questions and addresses the need for additional research-informed literature on instructional leadership application.

The findings of Haim Shaked's studies, conducted over the past five years among principals working in the Israeli school system, are presented in this book in a way that can be used by researchers, policymakers, school leaders, and educators in different countries.