Enhancement Training of Asatidz

on Teaching the 21st Century Skills

June 24-28, 2019

INSTRUCTI ONAL LEADERSHIP

W h a t E x c e l l e nt T e a c h e r s D o

Khristian Ross P. Pimentel

Objective

Terminal Objective:

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to understand and demonstrate
instructional leadership.

Enabling Objectives:

1. Define instructional leadership and excellence.

2. Identify the qualities of an instructional leader.
3. Create a brief action plan to demonstrate instructional leadership.

Key Content/Understanding

Instruc tiona l lead ers a re e xcelle n t teachers. Excellen t teachers fo llo w a tea ching
philosoph y, p lan the tea ching -le arn ing pro cess , mak e learn ing relevant , create a ch ild -friendly
environ men t, tra in stud ents to th ink , mak e learning fun , motivate stud ents , inno vate and sha re ,
and con tinu e learn in g.
Instructional Leadership

Instru ctiona l Leadership Defined

Instruction
purposefu l d irec tion o f the teac hing -learn ing process

Leadersh ip
the ab ility to lead peop le

Instructional Leade rsh ip

management of curric ulum and instruction

Instructional lead ers a re excellen t teachers. E xcellen t teachers fo llo w a teach ing p h ilosoph y,
plan the te aching -lea rning pro cess , make learn ing relevant , create a ch ild -friendly
environ men t, tra in stud ents to th ink , mak e learning fun , motivate stud ents , inno vate and sha re ,
and con tinu e learn in g.

Meaning of Exce llence

EXCELLENCE

Qualities of an Exce llent Teacher

If an excellent teacher is a product to endorse, what are his/her features?
What Excellent Teachers Do according to Experts

“An excellent teacher is the one who facilitates a liberating education. An educator who molds an individual to
become a productive member of the society.”

Mr. Apollo De Guzman

Master Teacher II
Las Pinas East National High School
NCR

“Knowledge is important, but the ability to engage our students in the teaching learning process is just as
important.”

Mr. Paul Anthony Mendoza

Master Teacher II
Marcelo H. Del Pilar National High School
Bulacan, Region III

“An excellent teacher is knowledgeable and committed, which means the teacher indulge himself/herself in
activities not because he/she wants personal advancement but to share and learn.”

Adelaida A. San Diego

Principal IV
Antipolo National High School
Region IV-A

“An excellent teacher is the one who teaches not to inform but to transform.”

Mr. Rowel Padernal

SEPS
DEPED-Central Office

“An excellent teacher is someone who does not think he is excellent, so that he'll keep on growing together with
his learners.”

Mr. Lito A. Palomar

OIC-CID Chief
Division of Antipolo City
Region IV-A

“Naniniwala ako sa kapayakan. Di kinakailangan ng magagarbong gamit o pamamaraan para makapagturo. Ang
mas kahanga-hanga pa nga, e yung kahit na limitado ang kagamitan, yung mahihirap na paksa e napapadali.
Hindi sa garbo, kundi sa lalim. Hindi sa dami, kundi sa lalim.”

Prof. Jomar Empaynado

Professor
Ateneo de Manila University
“Ang excellent teacher ay dapat magaling mag-contextualize ng curriculum to cater the diverse needs of students.”

Dr. Arthur Abulencia

Professor
Philippine Normal University

“Ang excellent teacher ay dapat marunong mangusap sa mga learners gamit ang kanilang wika at relevant sa
kanilang mundo... Dapat maiparamdam niya na ang bawat isa ay matalino at espesyal.”

Dr. Mercedez Arzadon

Professor
University of the Philippines

What Excellent Teachers Do

1
Follow a teaching philosophy.
Teaching philosophy is an explanation of your values and beliefs in teaching.

ASK YOURSELF
• Why did you decide to become a teacher?
• What is your best learning experience as a student?
• What is your best teaching experience as a teacher?
• What are you trying to achieve in your students with your teaching?
• Why is this important to you?

2
Plan the teaching learning process.
• Objectives
• Materials
• Procedure

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

3
Make learning relevant.

How people learn best. We learn best when we care about what we are doing, when we have
choices. We learn best when the work has meaning to us, when it matters. We learn best when we are
using our hands and minds. We learn best when the work we are doing is real and relevant.

Students need a personal connection to the material, whether that’s through engaging them
emotionally or connecting the new information with previously acquired knowledge.
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Create a child-friendly environment.

Students feel comfortable in school and see that the school as part of the solution rather than
one of their many problems.

Make Learning Relevant

1. Connect it to their lives.
2. Connect it with what they already know.
3. Provide utility value.
4. Build relatedness.

5
Train students to think.

Learning is about learning how to think.

• Creative thinking
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving

6
Make learning fun.

When a school is different every day, it’s exciting and kids are excited about learning.
Motivating students to want knowledge and teaching the skills they need to get knowledge have
become so much more important.

When we want to understand something, we cannot just stand outside and observe it. We
have to enter deeply into it and be one with it in order to really understand.

Child-friendly school
• Inclusive of children
• Effective for learning
• Healthy and protective of children
• Gender sensitive
• Involved with children, families, and communities
- UNICEF

7
Motivate students.

All schools must help kids gain knowledge, but they must also help them believe in
themselves, believe in others, and love learning. When we are interested in what we are learning, no
one has to force us to keep learning; we just do.
EMOTIONAL
They touch my heart.
NOVEL
They teach me something new.
MEMORABLE
They present content in ways I’ll never forget.

8
Innovate and share.

9
Continue learning.

Reflect

Imagine that this is your daily planner. Write down as many tasks as you can. You may use
an additional sheet of paper if necessary.

“If better is possible, good is not enough.”

References:

http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/instruct/instruct.html

https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/721/T
he-7-Habits-of-Highly-Effective-Instructional-Leaders.aspx

Woolfolk, A. (2007). Educational psychology. (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Nieto, Sonia. (2003). What Keeps Teachers Going.