The Assistant Principal as Instructional Leader: The Redesign of the AP Position in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Andrea Somoza-Norton ◽  
Natasha Neumann

Every campus leader is critical in supporting student achievement, most notably the principal and the often-unnoticed assistant principal (AP). The problem this study addresses is the lack of advancement in the AP’s role as an instructional leader in light of educational reform and the demands of the 21st century. To address this issue, the purpose of this study was to mine the literature to understand the role of the AP. A semi-systematic review of the limited literature on this topic indicated the AP, whose role has historically been a manager and disciplinarian, must be redefined to reflect an instructional and equitable leader actively seeking to ensure access and opportunity for all students. These findings suggest that the AP should be duly prepared and supported as teaching, learning, and educational leadership continue to evolve in these extraordinary times. Based on a synthesis of the literature, we argue for a revision of the outdated AP role to one more reflective of increased awareness regarding instructional leadership, student diversity, equity, and access within the current educational environment of standards-based reform.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. p162
Author(s):  
K. Balamurugan

ICT—Information and Communication Technology is an extensional term for Information Technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and...ICT helps teacher to pass information to students within a very little time. ICT helps teacher to design educational environment. ICT helps teacher to identify creative child in educational institute. ICT helps teacher to motivate students and growing interest in learning. The paper envisages the maximum or at least optimum utility of ICT for the process of teaching and learning.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Kamal-deen Olawale Sulaiman

<p>Arabic and Islamic Studies are very wide to be covered extensively within the confines of classroom lessons. These confines can be broadening to cover all areas of the subjects using modern information and communication technologies to meet and stimulate the interest, appreciation and curiosities of students. This paper, therefore, intends to investigate the overall effects of ICT in the teaching/learning of Arabic and Islamic Studies for the 21st century in Nigeria. It, also, investigates the role of ICT in the teaching/learning of the two subjects and the challenges facing the teachers of the subjects. The ICT resources for teaching/learning of the subjects would also be examined. The methodology employed in this study was derived from books, journals, archives, newspapers, reports, internet and the Holy Qur’an. The paper emphasizes the importance of making schools conducive for learning and one major factor that contributes to learning process is the use of ICT. It, also, revealed that, ICT is used as a teaching aid possibly in the demonstration and discussion processes. The paper recommended that it is significantly important for the Arabic and Islamic studies teachers to understand the skills and knowledge required in the ICT era. Also, priorities for future development and acquiring of ICT knowledge is essential to Arabic and Islamic Studies teachers so as to be able to apply ICT knowledge where appropriate in their professional lives as educators, education analysts and school managers. While it concluded that the ICT has a lot of roles in the teaching/learning of Arabic and Islamic studies.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Welyda de Lucena Brasil ◽  
Maria do Socorro Ferreira Osterne

Muitos são os embates acirrados nas academias que se posicionam contra (ou a favor) da educação à distância, sem ao menos um debruçar teórico-metodológico-prático sobre os limites e possibilidades que esta modalidade pode ocasionar no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Assim este trabalho tem como objetivo, através de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, verificar como a educação a distância está sendo percebida pelos estudiosos na literatura, para isto, autores como Belloni(2001), Demo(2007), Morin(2001), Fróes(1999); Gouvêa (2006), dentre outros, foram lidos e suas ideias apresentadas. Para melhor entendermos essa modalidade, tratamos de sua historicidade, origem, limites e possibilidades, datas e acontecimentos marcantes no mundo e no Brasil, em seguida, algumas colocações sobre a função dos educadores e/ou tutores e orientadores, e como os profissionais dessa modalidade entendem o processo ensino-aprendizagem, para que ao ensinar verdadeiramente aconteça o aprender. Outra questão importante abordada neste artigo é a linguagem das tecnologias de comunicação como um dos fatores que influenciam a performance do educador nesta modalidade de ensino. Conclui-se que o ensino a distância não é algo novo e não deve ser analisado por atitudes maniqueístas, ou seja, como algo totalmente bom ou totalmente ruim. Há necessidade de competência(s) para se desenhar um ensino de qualidade, seja à distância, ou não, para não se oferecer apenas “perfumarias” baratas para serem comercializadas, pois cada vez mais a educação está sendo um direito inalienável e essencial para a sociedade. DISTANCE EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATOR OF THE 21ST CENTURY ABSTRACT Many are the conflicts in the academies that oppose (or favor) distance education, without at least a theoretical-methodological-practical approach to the limits and possibilities that this modality can cause in the teaching-learning process. Thus, this work aims, through a bibliographical research, to verify how distance education is being perceived by scholars in the literature, for this, authors such as Belloni (2001), Demo (2007), Morin (2001), Fróes (1999) ); Gouvêa (2006), among others, were read and their ideas presented. In order to better understand this modality, we deal with its historicity, origin, limits and possibilities, dates and events in the world and in Brazil, then some positions on the role of educators and / or tutors and counselors, and how the professionals of this modality understand the teaching-learning process, so that when teaching truly happens, learning happens. Another important issue addressed in this article is the language of communication technologies as one of the factors that influence the performance of the educator in this modality of teaching. It is concluded that distance learning is not something new and should not be analyzed by Manichean attitudes, that is, as something totally good or totally bad. There is a need for competence (s) to design quality education, whether at a distance or not, so as not to offer only cheap "perfumeries" to be marketed, since education is increasingly an inalienable and essential right for the society.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
maulana arafat lubis

21th century is one of main factor in appreciating the success of the country construction, function and the role of teacher are also important. before 21st century the role of teacher is as educator, now teachers are demanded to develop their professional, they do not do teaching learning , but also they are demanded to have role in developing education world in wide meaning. The professional islamic elementry school teacher must work hard in developing self ability for getting new inovation. The professional islamic elementry school teacher must have dedication and productivity to keep learning in making teaching material like leafet. That is why, it is needed to have proffession development of teacher like innovative work by making teaching material leaflet. There are some factors in designing teaching material of leaflet such as, shape, colour, ilustration, language, and letter. There is a strength on leaflet such as : simple and very cheap, easy to bring because its form is light and small, can be kept long and used repeatly, can be studied and read whenever and wherever, the information is gotten easily by the readers.


2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 317-323
Author(s):  
Moafia Nader ◽  
Fakhra Aziz ◽  
Afifa Khanam

Transformational leadership has been characterized by vision and inspiration while the emphasis of instructional /pedagogical leadership is on framing clear goals and objectives and then achieve them through careful planning and monitoring. Headteachers play the leading role in school improvement and increase and maintain instructional effectiveness. Their prime focus is on learning outcomes and enhancing the quality of the teaching-learning process. A qualitative research design was applied to get headteachers’ perspectives about role of instructional leadership in successful execution of the curriculum. Purposively 14 headteachers were selected to conduct interview. Among them 7 were female headteachers and 7 were male headteachers. The interview protocol was developed after reviewing literature and discussing role of instructional leaders in successful execution of curriculum with experts in the area and renowned educationists. It was revealed that school heads as instructional leaders have an important role in successful execution of curriculum


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
RUZANNA MARDOYAN ◽  
MARINE ARAQELYAN

The current paper presents the issues related to the process of formation and development of the teachers’ professional and methodical units within various cycles of pedagogy. In addition, it highlights the significance of the role of teachers’ collaboration, cooperation, awareness of different types of integration within these units for the benefit of the quality of teaching /learning process. The paper states that multilayered analysis of teachers’ engagement into the educational environment will foster them to function as empowered and empowering specialists to establish new paths in teaching.


2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syarwan Ahmad

Instructional leadership is a concept in which a principal’s management emphases on academic or instructional improvement. It is the principal leadership siding with academic affairs. Conventionally, school principals play the role as managers or administrators. Whereas the role of instructional leadership is delegated to other parties such as vice principal for curriculum affairs. Most educators and scholars agree that instructional leadership needs to be practiced if effective schools are to be realized. To be an instructional leader, it is necessary for a principal to have expertise in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Since most principals lack of skills on instructional leadership practices, instructional leadership training for principals is badly needed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Suheyla Demirkol Orak ◽  
Mohammad H. Al-khresheh

While the 21st-century demands the learners to be technologically competent and self-driven to cope with technological advancement, the educational practitioners find it challenging to prepare the young learners to keep pace with this demand. However, in doing so, to prepare the learners as adaptable to the 21st-century demands, constructivism can be envisaged as the most time-appropriate and updated theory of the teaching-learning process, compared to other approaches. Specifically, because one of the requirements from the learners of the 21st-century is to be self-driven and take ownership of the learning, constructivism is the closest theory to achieve this goal. This position paper aims to build a procedural link within 21st-century expectations and its cooperation with the constructivist learning approach. The paper also offers a design for constructivist teaching in ELT classrooms in the 21st-century and defines the role of teachers and students, as established by the literature.


Author(s):  
Vaishali . ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Misra

There is popular expectation at the level of society and educational policy makers that teachers’ must adopt different approaches in classrooms to prepare learners to meet the needs of 21st century. In this context, it is expected from the teachers to be aware of emerging approaches in learning and use them appropriately in classroom conditions. Constructivist approach of learning is one such emerging approach. Constructivist approaches are slightly different from the conventional approaches of teaching and learning. These approaches emphasize that the role of teacher must be changed from the ‘sage on stage’ to ‘guide from the side’. In fact, it is expected that a teacher equipped with constructivist approaches can encourage the learners to take active part in teaching learning process and foster their critical thinking, creativity and problem solving abilities. Extending these arguments, the present paper describes constructivism and associated pedagogical skills, enlists different constructivist approaches, and discusses the role of the teachers in implications of constructivist approaches in the classrooms.


2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 178-182
Author(s):  
Raluca Cristina Eftimie

The development of the interactive, collaborative and dynamic e-learning methods is considered the primary mode of evolution of the Romanian and international educational systems. Most of the studies have revealed the widespread benefits of these technologies and exemplifying their applicability and their evolution within the education systems. However, few studies clearly identify the role that e-learning platforms have in the improvement of teaching - learning and how these technologies can be integrated into the classroom. This article proposes a new approach related to the integration of these systems while providing educational acts, starting by identifying and understanding the perceptions that teachers have regarding this type of innovative technology, explaining and interpreting the results of a qualitative research conducted within Romanian educational market. Teacher’s perception on the role of e-learning education is interpreted as a factor, which influences the quality of the use and the integration of these technologies in the Romanian educational environment, reaffirming the need for a coherent implementation of these instruments at a specific school level but also at general educational environment integration.


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