By: Tomasa C. Iringan, Ph.D. ‘At the end of this Module, the learner should be able to: «identify the skills and characteristics of an instructional leader: ‘explain the concepts and news along. instructional leadership; analyze the roles and functions of the principal as instructional leader, reflect.on how a teacher can become a good instructional leader, and make a career plan Instructional leadership is one of the useful tools in creating a forward-looking: student-centered schoo! environment Instructional leadership can be defined as “those actions that a principal makes, oF to others, to promote growth in student learning.” This means that the educational achievement by making instructional quality the top role of an schoo! administrator in a number of meaningful spends the majority of hisher time dealing sith | arictly administrative duties, a principal who is an instructional leader is charged) wih “fedefining hisfher role to become primary leamer in a community striving for excellence |) Gh edecation, As such, it becomes the principal's responsibilty to work with teachers £9 define educational objectives, 10 set school-wide or district wide goals, provide the learning, and create new learning opportunities for students snd