THE EFFECTS OF PRINCIPALS’ INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON THE PROMOTION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN OSHANA REGION, NAMIBIA

The aim of the study was to explore the effects of principals' instructional strategies on the promotion of professional learning communities.Data was collected through interview schedule, field notes and open-ended questionnaire.Criterion purposeful sampling technique was used to select ten principals and ten teachers from ten schools.Data analysis was conducted using typological analysis, content analysis and Atlas.ti.The findings have established effects of principals' instructional strategies on the promotion of professional learning communities, the dominant instructional strategies used and the association between the instructional strategies and the existing professional learning communities at the schools.Principals need to study and learn the application of instructional strategies, apply the strategies to optimise their success and enhance teaching and learning which result on positive student academic outcomes.This article concludes by suggesting two models for training program for professional development areas of both school principals and the schoolteachers respectively.