The Instructional Leader in You: 10 Strategies for Every School Leader

As a principal, you wear many hats, including that of instructional leader. But it’s impossible to be an expert in all areas of instruction, assessment, curriculum, and data analysis. Danny Steele takes the pressure off your shoulders and shows how you can add value to the instructional program of your school and be viewed as an instructional leader by your staff.

Steele presents ten simple strategies that can help you on your journey as you work to balance the imperatives of building operations and instruction. He shows how each strategy plays out during the school day, and he offers real-life examples and inspiration from practitioners in the field. No matter your level of experience, you’ll find simple ideas that you can implement immediately.

You may feel unprepared to be an instructional leader, or you may feel too busy managing the school. But with this jargon-free, easy-to-use guide, you’ll be able to embrace your role as the instructional leader of your school, so that your teachers, and more importantly your students, can benefit!

Danny Steele (@steelethoughts) worked in education for 31 years and has written six books. In 2016, he was named Alabama’s Secondary Principal of the Year. He has presented at numerous state and national conferences and continues to speak at school districts around the country.