Public officials from President George W. Bush to Gov. Tom Vilsack to our local School Board want schools that are data driven. Schools that regularly report progress toward planned academic goals. Effective schools have effective instructional leadership. Principals are perfunctory, says Walden University s Irving Buchen. The only leadership that will make a difference is that of teachers.
Doctors have nurses.
Lawyers have paralegals. The principal in the instructional leadership model would be a principal teacher , a mentor, an innovative and inspirational model. Free of administrative hassles. One who d still teach half-time. The busywork portion of the job would be handled by an office manager possibly serving more than one school.