Abstract

• The main aim of this study was to investigate the principals’ instructional leadership behaviours and organizational climate at Selected Basic Education High Schools in Monywa Township. Two existing survey instruments, rincipals nstructional Leadership Scale and rganiational limate escriptive uestionnaire, measure the relationships among the constructs. All senior, junior, and primary school teachers (N= 409) from six selected high schools in Monywa Township participated in the study. Descriptive statistics was used in analyzing data. The results of the study indicated that the extents of principals’ instructional leadership behaviours for selected high schools in Monywa Township were high with mean value (3.77) and the levels of organizational climate of schools was also high according to openness level (SdS: above 600). Correlational analysis demonstrated highly positive relationship between principals’ instructional leadership behaviours and organizational climate (r=.782, p< 0.01). Thus, there was positive and significant relationship between principals’ instructional leadership behaviours and organizational climate perceived by teachers in selected high schools. In this study, it was found that principals’ instructional leadership behaviours were highly correlated with organizational climate of schools to create an open climate of schools.