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Relationship Between Principals‘Instructional Leadership Practices withTeaching Performance and Students’

Academic Achievement at SMI Al-Amin

Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia & MinaretCollege, Melbourne, Australia.

RESEARCH TITLE


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PROBLEM STATEMENT

The purpose of this study is to investigate therelationship between principals’ instructionalleadership practices with teaching

performance and students’ academic

achievement at SMI Al-Amin Gombak,Selangor, Malaysia & Minaret College,

Melbourne, Australia.


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BACKGROUND

1.

Represented Malaysia for Australia ExchangeProgram (7-15 December 2013) organized by MFA.

2. Visited several top performing schools in Australia.3. SMI Al-Amin Gombak & Minaret College

Melbourne are the top performing Islamic school

in Malaysia & Australia respectively.

4. Apples-to-Apples Comparison: Privately funded,similar students age group.


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Minaret College, Springvale, Melbourne1. Established in 19922. Students up to Year 12 (Form 5)3. Highest VCE A score 99.85% in 20114. Largest co-educational Islamic school inSouth-Eastern Melbourne, Australia

BACKGROUND


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Sekolah Menengah Islam Al-Amin, Gombak1. Established in 19902. Students from Form 1-53. SPM Performance: 30% got 8As (2011)4. Highly sought-after co-educationalIslamic school.

BACKGROUND


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OBJECTIVES

1. To find correlations between instructionalleadership and student academic achievement.

2. To identify the effects of instructional leadershippractices on student academic achievement.

3. To find differential impacts of key instructionalleadership practices on the teaching & learning.

4. To learn whether different demographics willeffect the research outcome.


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1. What are the correlations between principalinstructional leadership practice and studentachievement?

2. What are the effects of principal instructionalleadership practice on student achievement?

3. What are the correlations between principalinstructional leadership practice influenceteachers‘ classroom instructions?

RESEARCH QUESTIONS


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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1. To advise the Ministry of Education onleadership practice improvements at IslamicSchools in Malaysia (SMA, SMAN, SAR).

2. To be a reference for all principals in IslamicSchools on improving their leadership skills attheir institutions.

3. To find ways to enhance the capability andcapacity of the principal instructional

leadership.


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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

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OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS

1. Principal’s Instructional Leadership PracticeReferring to instructional leadership shown bythe principal on:

• Teaching and learning.• Engaging with teachers.• Improve students learning and their

outcomes. (Hallinger 1987)


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2. Performance of Teacher’s in Class

Instructional leadership makes an impact onstudents because it has a strong focus on the

quality of teachers and teaching, and thesevariables explain more of the within schoolresidual variance in student achievement thanany other school variable (Darling-Hammond,

2000).



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3. Student’s Achievement

Reflects to academics performance in SijilPelajaran Malaysia (SPM) & Victorian Certificate

of Education (VCE) respectively.

Indicator:• 6A and above (SPM)• Study Scores: 80% andabove (VCE): A



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LIMITATIONS

1. Demographics.• Gombak, Selangor & Springvale, Melbourne

2. Sample.

• Background of teachers & students.3. Time constraint.

• Adjusting with time difference.


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METHODOLOGY

Method of Research

- QuantitativeSampling

Research based on instructional leadership

practice from two principals of two different

colleges. Data will be collected from:• Teachers: 2 colleges x 30 = 60• Students: 2 colleges X 200 = 400 (TOTAL: 460)


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RESEARCH APPROACH

Factor

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• LiteratureReview• Observation

ProblemStatement

Mixed MethodApproach

• QuantitativeSampling

• Principals• Teachers• Students

Instruments

• Questionnaires• PIMRS

DataCollection(5W & 1H)

DataAnalysisConclusion


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STATISTICAL TEST - SPSS


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PILOT STUDY

• Purpose: Test the reliability of datacollection

• Subject: SMI Al-Amin, Gombak• Sample: 20 teachers & 20 students• Method: Questionnaires• #Cronbach Alpha: Greater than 0.6


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INSTRUMENTS! Data Collection Producedures:

• Questionnaires.

! Possible Instruments:• Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale

(PIMRS) – Quantitative Method.

• Created by Dr. Philip Hallinger.• Set of questionnaires designed to provide a profile

of principal leadership. Consists of 50 behavioral

statements that describe principal job practices

and behaviors.


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ANALYSIS OF DATA

• Reliability Test - Cronbach Alpha (Pilot Study)• Correlations Study - Pearson• Regression Analysis


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