Enabling factors of instructional leadership in subject coordinators
Journal of Educational Administration
ISSN: 0957-8234
Article publication date: 4 March 2024
Issue publication date: 5 March 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Instructional leadership is a school leadership approach that places great emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning. This study explored the enabling factors of instructional leadership in subject coordinators.
Design/methodology/approach
The participants in this qualitative study were 24 subject coordinators in elementary schools in Israel. Data collection was based on semi-structured interviews, and data analysis included three stages: sorting, coding and categorizing.
Findings
The findings identified three significant enabling factors of instructional leadership in subject coordinators: pedagogical knowledge, relationship capability and support from the principal.
Originality/value
This study suggests that the enabling factors of instructional leadership in subject coordinators differ from those of instructional leadership in principals because of their different places in the school structure and explains the enablers of instructional leadership in subject coordinators as middle leaders.
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Citation
Shaked, H. (2024), "Enabling factors of instructional leadership in subject coordinators", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 62 No. 2, pp. 239-254. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-09-2023-0223
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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