1980: Instructional Leadership emerged from effective schools studies

1. Directive approach by principal

2. Emphasized “the leader’s” vision

3. Often evident in turn-around situations where major change was needed quickly

4. Principal is “hip-deep” in curriculum and teaching

5. Focused on 1st Order Change – direct effects of the leader on teaching and learning in classrooms

From the Movie – The Man of La Mancha

I come into a world of iron, to make a world of gold.


You spoke of the dream and of the quest,

How you must fight, and how it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, if only you follow the quest. What is the quest?

To dream the impossible dream,

To fight the unbeatable foe,

To bear with unbearable sorrow,

To run where the brave dare not go.

To right the unrightable wrong,

To love pure and chaste from afar,

To try when your arms are too weary,

To reach the unreachable star.

To try though you’re way worn and weary,

Though you know it’s impossibly high,

To live with your heart climbing upward,

To reach the unreachable star.