?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1320%2F&rft.title=Principals%E2%80%99+Instructional+Leadership+Practices+and+Leadership+Attributes+in+Perak+Small+Schools&rft.creator=Machmudi+Isa%2C+Nitce+Isa+Medina.&rft.subject=L+Education+(General)&rft.description=The+Ministry+of+Education+Malaysia+(MOE)+has+expressed+the+importance+of+instructional+leadership+as+an+effort+to+strengthen+the+school+leadership+as+stated+in+the+Malaysian+Education+Development+Plan+(PPPM)+2013-2025.+The+5th+shift+in+PPPM+2013-2025+states+that+all+principals+and+teachers+should+be+prepared+to+meet+the+needs+as+a+school+leader+through+instructional+leadership+practices+in+all+schools%2C+including+small+schools.+Perak+state+has+a+total+number+of+253+small+schools%2C+the+highest+number+compared+to+other+states+in+Peninsular+Malaysia.+Despite+the+highest+number%2C+only+3.3+per+cent+were+classified+as+excellent+small+schools+by+getting+Band+One+set+by+MOE%2C+the+best+band+ranked+based+on+the+school%E2%80%99s+public+examination+result.+Meanwhile%2C+findings+from+previous+studies+have+shown+that+school%E2%80%99s+excellence+has+been+strongly+associated+with+principals%E2%80%99+instructional+leadership+practices+and+their+leadership+attributes.+The+purpose+of+this+study+is+to+identify+the+small+school%E2%80%99s+principals%E2%80%99+instructional+leadership+practices%2C+leadership+attributes+and+teachers%E2%80%99+self-efficacy+level.+Apart+from+that%2C+the+relationships+of+all+variables+and+the+contribution+of+principals%E2%80%99+instructional+leadership+practices+and+leadership+attributes+towards+teachers%E2%80%99+self-efficacy+were+identified.+This+study+is+also+conducted+to+identify+how+excellent+small+school%E2%80%99s+principals+practicing+their+instructional+leadership+respectively.+This+study+utilized+convergent+parallel+mixed-methods+design+through+a+combination+of+survey+(quantitative)+and+interview+(qualitative).+There+were+420+teachers+as+respondents+and+six+excellent+small+school%E2%80%99s+principals+as+informants+participated+in+this+study.+It+is+found+that+the+principals%E2%80%99+instructional+leadership+practices%2C+principals%E2%80%99+leadership+attributes+and+teachers%E2%80%99+self-efficacy+in+small+schools+are+at+high+level.+Correlation+analysis+revealed+that+all+three+variables+in+this+study+have+significant+and+positive+correlations%2C+while+multiple+regression+analyzes+indicated+principals'+instructional+leadership+practices+%5Bb+%3D+0.436%2C+t+%3D+7.031%2C+p+%3C0.05%5D+and+principals%E2%80%99+leadership+attributes+%5Bb+%3D+0.122%2C+t+%3D+2.109%2C+p+%3C0.05%5D+had+a+significant+impact+on+teachers%E2%80%99+self-efficacy+in+small+schools.+The+study+also+found+that+excellent+small+school%E2%80%99s+principals+excelled+in+their+dual+roles%2C+not+only+as+school+administrators+but+also+as+subject+teachers.+These+are+done+by+focusing+on+improving+school%E2%80%99s+infrastructure+and+overcoming+financial+constraints+as+well+as+emphasizing+integrated+classroom+teaching+to+enhance+teachers%E2%80%99+self-efficacy.+Implications+of+the+findings+suggest+that+the+MOE+needs+to+empower+and+give+more+authority+to+small+school%E2%80%99s+principals+on+managing+financial+and+school%E2%80%99s+asset%2C+whereas+the+principals+need+to+maintain+their+instructional+role+model+to+increase+small+school+teachers%E2%80%99+self-efficacy+level.+Future+studies+suggest+an+exploration+of+small+school%E2%80%99s+principal+dual+roles+and+instructional+leadership+practices+from+the+perspective+of+middle+leader+teachers+in+small+schools.&rft.publisher=Fakulti+Pendidikan%2C+Universiti+Kebangsaan+Malaysia%2C+43600+Bangi%2C+Selangor&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1320%2F1%2FPhD%2520Abstract-Nitce.pdf&rft.identifier=++Machmudi+Isa%2C+Nitce+Isa+Medina.+++Principals%E2%80%99+Instructional+Leadership+Practices+and+Leadership+Attributes+in+Perak+Small+Schools.++Fakulti+Pendidikan%2C+Universiti+Kebangsaan+Malaysia%2C+43600+Bangi%2C+Selangor.+++++