Who does the principal work with to review instructional planning practices across the grade level?

• A. A team of teacher leaders.
• B. The PTA.
• C. External consultants only.
• D. The school board.

Answer: (A)

Distributed leadership around instructional planning means the principal works with a team of teacher leaders who guide, model, and refine how planning happens across the grade level. This team sits at the heart of aligning standards, objectives, and assessments, and they coach peers through planning cycles, share effective templates, and analyze how lessons fit together across classrooms. With teacher leaders, planning becomes a collaborative practice that stays consistent even as people and schedules change, and it helps teachers learn from each other to elevate instruction.

The PTA is about family and community involvement, not the day-to-day instructional planning process. External consultants can provide specialized support, but relying on them alone misses the built-in, ongoing capacity of internal teacher leadership. The school board governs policy and budget at a district level, not the ongoing, classroom-aligned work of planning practices across a grade level.