Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate how the instructional leadership roles of the school principals of the high schools are described by teachers. The data was collected at 4 schools in total, two of which are Anatolian high schools, one Girls Vocational School and one Industrial Vocational School through interviews with 16 teachers. Some of the findings of the research are as follows: According to the teachers, in order to enhance the goals of the schools, the school principals of the Anatolian High schools tend to encourage the project studies and social and cultural activities, improve academic success while the principals of Vocational High Schools tend to support and apply the projects of the Ministry, organize department activities more than setting higher level goals. It was stated by the teachers that they only inspect some teachers in class but they did not make any assessment of the inspection or only with very short statements even if they did. For teachers in either type of schools the coordination related to the academic programs were provided by the teachers while school-wide activities by the school principals and assistant principals; the academic success level of the students were discussed among teachers and administrators in various meetings