According to the 12-year basic education curricula in Taiwan, every single elementary school principalhas to carry out one public lesson each year. During the preparation stage, this pilot study carried out interviewing with elementary school teachers and principals to understand the status quo. In addition, relevant information from overseas has been collected to shed new light. There are 4 concepts emerged from the data, i.e. symbol, disturbing, gap and empowering. Main findings are as follows: (1) Carrying out public lesson could contribute to principals’ curriculum/instruction leadership in two ways, i.e. symbolic one and realistic one. (2) Carrying out public lesson once a year by principal brings about disturbance to pupils, teachers as well as principals in school setting. (3) In terms of principals’ competency of curriculum and instructional planning as well as principals’ leadership of curriculum and instruction, it shows that principals and teachers have different emphasis. Base on field data and relevant discourse, this pilot study provided reflections and recommendations for the issue of public lesson.