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Instructional Leader Interview

For this Assignment, interview a person you believe shows the qualities of an instructional leader. This may be a titled leader such as a principal or a superintendent, or it may be a teacher or other staff member whom you believe is a good example of instructional leadership. Consider the Readings and Discussion from Unit 2 and other units to help construct your questions.

Use the requirements of the paper listed below to help you create meaningful questions about instructional leadership for this interview.

Requirements:

· 3–4 pages

· Follows APA style for formatting, citations, and references

· Contains at least three references to research, with one being outside of the course readings

Section I: Interview Choice and Questions

Identify a good candidate for the interview and justify how he or she a good example of an instructional leader within an educational setting in which change occurs? Why is he or she a good fit for the staffing needs of the educational setting? Include at least five open-ended questions that deal with school culture, change, and instructional leadership. Be sure to include questions that ask about the use of data in making decisions. You may view this media for some data making information while developing your questions:

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Section II: Summary of Interview

Write a narrative that summarizes the important points of the interview. Be sure to include direct quotes and paraphrase as needed to capture the specific views of the leader. Your goal is to compress and edit the answers from your interview into a concise and accurate presentation of your interview.

Section II: Assessing the Interviewee as an Instructional Leader

Look back at what you wrote in the Instructional Leadership Assessment in Unit 1. How do the answers in your interview match up to those ideas? What new points can you add to your ideas of instructional leadership? What do you consider the essential qualities of an effective instructional leader? Be sure to use research to correlate what was said in the interview or interpreted by you to show the connection to the scholarship on instructional leadership.

Section III: Action Plan for Growth as an Instructional Leader

Look back at the plan you wrote for growth as an instructional leader in Unit 1. Based on what you learned in the interview and what you have learned in the Reading and Discussions in this course, revise that plan to include any new ideas about instructional leadership. You must support this plan with specific references to the interview and other course materials and resources.

This Assignment is due at the end of Unit 3 and is worth 180 points. Please refer to the Rubrics link under Course Home for specific grading criteria.

This Assignment meets the following course outcome:

ED552-2: Describe the essential qualities of effective instructional leaders.