Leading teacher instructional practices in Türkiye: do inner school conditions matter?

Mahmut Polatcan is currently working as an associate professor of educational administration in the Faculty of Letters, Department of Educational Sciences, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Türkiye. His research interests include principal leadership, teacher professional learning, and instructional practices.

Nedim Özdemir is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education in Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye. His research interests include school leadership effects, student achievement, school improvement, and teacher professional learning.

Ali Çağatay Kılınç is a professor at the Karabuk University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Educational Sciences, and Division of Educational Administration. His research interests include educational administration, school leadership, school improvement, and teacher professional learning.

Sally J. Zepeda is a professor of Educational Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. She teaches courses in leadership, supervision, professional learning, and personnel evaluation. She has written widely about teacher and leader supervision and evaluation, school and district leadership, and succession planning. Her book, Instructional Supervision: Applying Tools and Concepts (4th ed.), was also translated into Turkish.

Salih Çevik is a Ph.D. candidate and a graduate assistant in the Educational Administration and Policy program at the University of Georgia. He obtained his Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership and Policy in University of Minnesota. For his studies, he received the Turkish Study Abroad Scholarship, CEHD Advanced Study Scholarship, and Ray E. Bruce Award.