The Relationship Between Principal Leadership Style And School Climate The Case Of Yabello Wereda Secondary Schools Of Borena Zoneoromia Regional State

The main purpose of this study is to study and improve a link between the principals’ leadership rnstyle and the school climate which existed in behavior, attitude, expectations, values, beliefs and rnrelationships with teachers and how the principal is exercising the leadership style in Yabello rnWereda district secondary schools. Creating a good climate where teachers can teach and pupils rncan learn and parents can be involved in the education of their children’s.This. is to say that rnthere is a connection between positive school climate and school principal leadership styles. The rnimplication of this is that leadership styles dictate organizational climate. To this effect, rnCorrelational design was employed by which questionnaires and interviews were used as rninstruments of data gatherings. The data were collected from two secondary schools teachers, rndepartment heads, unit leaders, principals and supervisors for the Wereda has only two rnsecondary schools and also difficult to apply the methodology to other many secondary schools rnat other weredas. A total of 2 supervisors, 2 principals, 19 heads of departments, 2 unit leaders, rnand 40 teachers were included as subjects of the study. The collected data were analyzed with rnthe help of appropriate Correlational Design to see relation which is used by “Pearson”. rnVarious leadership styles used by principals and the corresponding climates were identified. The rnfindings of the study indicated that the type of climate that exists in schools is related to the rnprincipal leadership style and the school principal used leadership style inappropriately. School rnclimate differs from school to school; principals employ various styles while performing their rnduties, Principals’ perception of their behavior is different from how their followers perceive rnthem. Teachers are not committed to their work, there is a link between principal leadership rnstyle and school climate. The study found that the dominant style of leadership used by the rnprincipals covered in this study, as perceived by their teachers, was the telling style of rnleadership. The two principals used the telling style of leadership inappropriately. To this end, rnthe closed climate that existed in both schools could be linked to the inappropriate use of the rntelling style of leadership. More importantly, the style does not seem to be suitable to create a rnpositive organizational climate. Finally, based on the findings of the study, the following are rnrecommended that principals should familiarize themselves with various leadership styles and rntheir effectiveness in different situations and other stakeholders should organize and improve the rnschool climate by mobilizing, how good climate can be created and how it can be improved and rnsustained.

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