Pedagogical Leader: a Practitioner

Pedagogical leaders at school, and resource persons who engage in professional development should pause and reflect on their assumptions, beliefs, notions of leadership practices, where their school is on the leading learning continuum, where they would like to be in terms of student learning, the timeframe and processes they will employ towards school improvement.

Introspective questions highlight a different perspective, and this is where the journey of a pedagogical leader begins. Hence, there is an attempt to transform a school’s culture, its ethos, while changing the mindset and professional self of leaders. These questions may also be posed for discussion with teachers, parents and staff of the school. 

Under this approach, the practitioner, the pedagogical leader, will learn, step back and reflect, practice and self- assess, visualize and improve the learning curve.