Abstract

• The main aim of the study is the principals’ practices of exemplary leadership and teacher collegiality in Basic Education High Schools, Taikkyi Township, Yangon Region. The participants were 6 principals and 201 teachers from 6 Basic Education High Schools in Taikkyi Township, Yangon Region during the 2019-2020 academic year. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. To collect the data, questionnaire, open-ended and interview questions were conducted. This study was based on Kouzes and Posner’s model of Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership (2012) and Shah’s Teacher Collegiality (2011). Descriptive statistics, One-way ANOVA, Independent Samples t Test, and Pearson product-moment correlation were used for data analysis. According to the research findings, principals’ practices of exemplary leadership were often performed by the principals of 6 Basic Education High Schools. There were significant differences in principals’ practices of exemplary leadership among schools. Teacher collegiality in Basic Education High Schools was high. There were significant differences in teacher collegiality by schools, and teaching service. But there was no significant differences in qualification. Moreover, the findings revealed that there was significant positive relationship between principals’ practices of exemplary leadership and teacher collegiality.