Leadership capacities of principals

The study examined future principal’s perception of the leadership competencies of their principals. Forty seven teachers pursuing their Master Degree in Educational Leadership from Universities in Malaysia and fifty five teachers pursuing their Master Degree in Educational Administration in Universities in Thailand participated in the study. The modified version of Principals Leadership Capacities Questionnaire developed by Luo (2004) was used to collect data. Findings showed that the Malaysian teachers perceived their principals as having moderate capacity to strong capacity while Thai teachers perceive it to be somewhat to moderate capacity in all six areas of ISLLC Standards. No principal is considered as having no capacity, or excellent capacity