Stail Kepimpinan Pentadbir Sekolah Menengah Di Daerah Kubang Pasu

This research project focuses on the perception of secondary school teachers in the district of Kubang Pasu towards leadership qualities of school principals. It also discussess the effect of school climate on leadership. The research is based on demographic features such as sex, age, teaching experience, service category and position held. A total of 138 secondary school teachers are chosen from six different schools in the district of Kubang Pasu as respondents. Two instruments are used in the research. The first instrument is the Leadership Behavior Description Questionaire (LBDQ) It is used to measure teacher's perception. Another instrument is the School Climate Profile CFK Ltd. is used to measure the school's climate. The result shows that the most dominant leardership styles are based on success orientation. The hypothesis is supported by various analysis and tests such as the descriptive analysis, t-test, one way ANOVA test and Pearson's Correlation Analysis. One way ANOVA test and t-test show a significant relationship between teachers perception and principals leadership styles based on gender, service category, positions and age. On the other hand, based on teaching experience the research shows that there is no significant difference between teachers perception and leadership styles. Pearson's Correlation Analysis shows that the school's climate has no significant negative effect on instructive leadership. In fact, there is also a positive relationship between the school climate and the supportive, participative and success orientated styles of leadership. The researcher suggests that more leadership programmes are needed so that schools can be improved