Teacher leadership in primary education and its influence on student performance

Abstract

The proposal called “The pedagogical leadership of the teacher in primary education and its influence on academic performance”, refers to the influence exerted by the teacher, to help improve the academic performance of students every day through the development of didactic strategies in the teaching-learning processes. The objective was to implement a teacher training program focused on didactic teaching strategies in the subjects of Spanish and mathematics, which contributes to the pedagogical leadership of the teacher for the improvement of the academic performance of 6th grade primary school students from an official school. The methodological framework of the project contemplates a mixed quasi-experimental design (Pretest–Postest). It is a correlational, descriptive study that seeks to detail the data found on pedagogical leadership and its influence on academic performance, explanatory in nature, oriented to answer the question of how to contribute to teacher pedagogical leadership for improving academic performance in 6th grade primary students. Instruments used included Likert-type questionnaires for teachers and students, non-participant direct observations, and observation sheets. The expected results include a leadership training program for teachers in teaching-learning processes, classroom application, and dissemination of results. Conclusions demonstrated that pedagogical leadership and academic performance in Spanish and mathematics improve after a teacher training program focused on didactic teaching strategies, supporting the need for innovative education with updated strategies. It was established that primary teachers mostly apply strategies under a meaningful and socio-constructivist approach when activating prior knowledge and presenting new problem-solving strategies.