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This type of leadership has been connected to teacher growth and development, teacher job satisfaction, student achievement, and improving school climate in general. The objective of the study included to determine the role played by head teachers as an instructional leaders in schools through the perceptions of teachers. To achieve this purpose descriptive research method was used. The study was quantitative and survey type in nature. The sample consisted of 200 secondary schoolteachers. The data were collected from teachers by using a self-developed questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using different descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of the study indicated that head teachers support creativity, innovation and practice of new skills in the classroom. They also praised to those teachers who use creativity in classrooms to enhance the learning of students. They held meetings with teachers to discuss the students’ performance and solve the problems of teachers as an instructional leaders. It is recommended that head teachers may be trained that they can use new innovative methods and ideas to discuss with teachers and they help out the teachers to make the dull topics interesting. Head teachers may be motivated to  \nteachers by giving different incentives in the shape of awards for bringing innovation in school. Keywords: Head teachers, Instructional leaders, Teachers performance.  \n* Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.  \nEmail: [chabidhussainier@yahoo.com](chabidhussainier@yahoo.com)  \n** Ph.D Scholars, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore  \nIntroduction  \nLeadership and administration both are the procedures characterized as a value-based and shared occasion that perform between the leader and the followers. Leader calls the meetings which accessible for everybody. Leadership identifies with impact on how the heads influence the devotees essentially, subsequently, there is a shared collaboration between the leader and supporters. In addition, leadership includes the gathering's objective accomplishment where the leaders direct their supporters to accomplish their shared objectives together (Northouse, 2004) .  \nSimilarly, educational institutions also run by leadership. The leadership theories apply in educational context. School is an educational institution where the head of the school performs as a leader and teacher are the followers and stakeholders in the institution. The head instructor has a vital role in an educational institution. He/she is obliged to coordinate the instructors and partners keeping in mind the end goal to achieve their shared objectives together. The head instructor can be an image of the shared participation among the teachers, shareholders, and society; the head of the institution needs to develop the good relations with them and he can do a better job in a school with their positive attitude. He needs to act immovably yet insistently with a specific end goal to solve the problems of institutions (Purinton, 2013) .  \nLeadership has critical effects on the nature of the educational institution and on the performance of students. Leadership is relevant with the importance of initiative since the administration is about institutional progression. Especially, it is tied in with sorting out the institution (school) to accomplish shared objectives. The objective of school authority is school change towards its improvement. In fact, school administration is a fundamental part for school viability in order to train the learners to achieve their future achievement (Leithwood, Day, Sammons, Harris, & Hopkins, 2006) .  \nSchool administration a compelling one, has been a critical basis for school betterment a","cbCaikwKiunyblx6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikwKiunyblx6","pdf",93062,11,"English","# Introduction\n## Leadership and educational institutions\n## Role of head teachers in instructional leadership\n## Instructional leadership as shared and distributed\n## Need for diverse leadership in modern education","[{\"question\":\"What was the objective of the study on head teachers’ instructional leadership?\",\"answer\":\"To determine the role played by head teachers as instructional leaders in schools through teachers’ perceptions.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the study conducted?\",\"answer\":\"A descriptive quantitative survey design was used. 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