Influence of Instructional Leadership on Taiwanese Elementary School English Teachers’ Lesson Planning and Implementations for Curriculum Innovation

Documents, observation fieldnotes, and interviews were collected to explore the influences of instructional leadership on 10 elementary schools’ curriculum innovation in Taiwan. Four types of instructional leadership were exerted in terms of national curriculum interpretation, textbook, or material analysis, curriculum planning, and instructional activity designs. Instructional leadership facilitated teachers with gathering clear directions on curriculum development, clarifying their misconceptions on curriculum development, and adopting new perspectives on unheeded problems. Finally, limited number of participants’ involvement in the curriculum innovation and mismatches between the principals’ and English teachers’ beliefs affected the effectiveness of instructional leadership on curriculum innovation.