It is the responsibility of the instructional leader to understand the needs of the
21 st century learner and offer the support to his/her teachers in order to serve those
students better instructionally. Instructional leaders must embody trust and credibility
when initiating change in the organization. Bass (1995) outlined that these educational
leaders must inspire and communicate high expectations, be intellectually stimulating and
promote reflective inquiry in their employees. Lastly, he emphasizes that
transformational leaders, individually consider members of the organization by exhibiting
equity as well as influencing their constituents by modeling good behavior. As managers
merely administer and maintain the status quo, it is evident that transformational leaders
must focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the people of the organization in order to
accurately support the vision for the future of the organization (Gill, 2006).