Instructional Leadership Practices and Its Influence on Teachers’ Performance at Secondary Schools
Keywords:
Instructional leadership,Principal, Teachers, Best practices,Abstract
The study was to explore the role of principals adopting instructional
leadership practices and its influence on teachers’ performance in
secondary schools of Basima district Washuk of Baluchistan. To identify
the facts comprising as objectives of the study, quantitative method has
been utilized with deductive approach. The sites were selected on the basis
of theoretical replication and Set related close- ended questions with five
Likert scale were distributed among the teachers and principals in
government schools of Basima as participants, where form the overall
population under descriptive method 100 teachers and 12 principals of
secondary schools in Basima district Washuk were selected as sample of
the study, using simple random and comprehensive sampling techniques
respectively. Data were collected and interpreted through SPSS and fit
tests were applied for the reliability and validity of data. The study
discovered that institutions work effectively on the basis of the
performance of their heads, their effective role and the leadership quality
and instructional leadership practices play central role in development of
schools. Future recommendations and implications are also discussed
respectively
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