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An untapped resource: Examining the perspectives, practices and barriers of high school assistant principals as instructional leaders
Lawrence, Johnny R.
Lawrence, Johnny R.
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2020-12
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This qualitative case study examined the perspectives, opportunities, barriers and
practices of high school assistant principals as instructional leaders in a shared leadership
school environment. Since the principal can no longer be the only person to facilitate
improvement (DuFour & Marzano, 2011), assistant principals must be involved to
manufacture an instructional influence in the school. Through the lenses of the
Instructional Management Framework and Shared Leadership Theory, it was found that
the APs’ experiences, educational background, and teaching experience were
fundamental to the number of instructional tasks provided such as working with teacher
teams, curriculum alignment, instructional programming, and teacher evaluations.
Opportunities for APs’ instructional leadership practice centered on providing
professional development activities within the district, leading professional learning
communities, overseeing instructional walkthroughs, establishing new learning programs,
and building relationships with staff, teachers, and students. Multiple barriers emerged as
a result of shared instructional leadership. These barriers included student disciple
management, time management, relationship building, change resistance, and balancing
extracurricular instructional activities with family-related responsibilities. APs practiced
shared instructional leadership by managing student discipline, attendance, and
academics, supervising various extra-curricular events and activities, and attending
district level and regional meetings for professional development. APs demonstrated their
untapped instructional leadership capacity that deserves additional attention as
educational reforms continue to increase at the state and local levels.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)-- Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology
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Wichita State University
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