School Culture, Leadership Style, and Emotional Intelligence: Impact on School Climate

School climate is one of the influential factors that explain learners’ learning achievement and development, teacher commitment to stay, and school success. Many studies investigated the factors behind having a healthy, safe, and positive school climate. However, there are only few studies that identified emotional intelligence, school culture, and leadership style of school administrators influencing school climate, especially in the local setting. This current study aimed to develop a structural model to determine the predictors of school climate. Four survey instruments were used to gather the data set needed to generate the model.  Two hundred twenty-four (224) teachers from twenty-two (22) public elementary schools in the municipality of Bukidnon, Philippines, participated in the study. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SPSS 26 was used to attain the objective of the study. The study found that school climate was influenced by school culture and school heads’ transformational leadership and emotional intelligence. Implications of the findings include the need for principals and or school heads to review their approaches, programs, and projects that are directed towards the development of the desired learning environment that promotes and supports academic growth of both teachers and students.

Keywords: School climate, school culture, emotional intelligence, leadership style, school administrators