Abstract:

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether school climate-teacher morale, instructional management and instructional supervision subdimensions of instructional leadership and accountable management and bureaucratic management subdimensions of administrative leadership correctly classify three groups into which 19 countries were categorized depending on their approaches to training of prospective school principals (pre-appointment training, post-appointment training and appointment without any training or preparation). Correlational survey model was used in this research as the researchers attempted to analyze correlations between variables and the level of correlations. Data were extracted from TALIS 2008 Principal Questionnaire (Teaching and Learning International Survey). Discriminant analysis was employed to examine correct classification levels of countries by the variables included in this study. Results indicated that school principals were correctly classified into three different groups at a rate of 51% in terms of school climate (teacher morale), instructional management, instructional supervision, accountable management and bureaucratic management. The findings of the research demonstrated that the most effective independent variables in classifying the countries into groups correctly were instructional management, school climate and instructional supervision, respectively. Based on the findings, it may be suggested that instructional leadership and school climate, specifically, must be included in the trainings organized for school principal positions

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