Instructional Leadership Practices of The Excellent School Principals

This book is adapted from author's PhD dissertation entitled Instructional Leadership Practices of the Principals of the Excellent Schools in Aceh, Indonesia. The purpose of this book is to inform the readers on the practices of the excellent/effective school (sekolah unggul) principal leadership in Aceh, Indonesia. The author has learned a lot on the success of school principal leadership from field research carried out for data gathering of this study. The content of this book includes issues on excellent schools, school principal leadership and the extent to which the excellent school principals in Aceh, Indonesia practice Instructional Leadership, which has recently proved to be the best school management style. Instructional Leadership is the practices of the school management that shift from traditional management practice which has no focus, to a prime business of schooling, teaching and learning. Thus, Instructional Leadership is the principal leadership that prioritizes academic or instructional matters. The findings of this research indicates that, to a certain extent, the excellent school principals in Aceh practice Instructional Leadership.