Vice-principals’ work: More than being an instructional leader

Authors

Katina Pollock, Western UniversityFollow
Fei Wang, University of British Columbia
Cameron Hauseman, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2017

Journal

OPC Register

Volume

19

Issue

3

First Page

20

Last Page

24

Notes

Teachers are often encouraged to apply for the vice-principal role because they are exceptional, with the understanding that the role has a large instructional leadership component. In reality, however, this is often not the case. As a research team, we conducted a province-wide study of vice-principals’ work in 2016, and discovered that, overwhelmingly, vice-principals do not spend nearly as much time on instructional leadership as they do on administrative tasks and student discipline.

Citation of this paper:

Pollock, K., Wang, F., & Hauseman, C. (2017, October). Vice-principals’ work: More than being an instructional leader. OPC Register, 19 (3), 20–24.