Abstract

Objectives: The research aims to recognize the degree of school principals' practice of innovative leadership and its relationship to organizational effectiveness in basic education schools (5-10) in Muscat and Al Dakhiliyah. Methods: In implementation of the objectives of the study, the descriptive correlative approach has been adopted. Also, the research used a questionnaire as a tool for the study in collecting data and information, of which the validity and reliability were confirmed, and it was applied on a sample consisted of (474) male and female teachers, from basic education schools (5-10). Results: Among the most important results of the research are: the degree of innovative leadership practice among the principals of basic education schools in Muscat and Al Dakhiliyah in the Sultanate of Oman is deemed a large degree of practice, the results also indicated that the degree of organizational effectiveness in basic education schools of grades (5-10) in Muscat and Al Dakhiliya in the Sultanate of Oman is deemed at a high level. In addition to the above, the results of the research reveal the existence of a positive correlation and a statistical function among all dimensions of the innovative leadership of school principals and the dimensions of organizational effectiveness for the second cycle schools in Muscat and Al Dakhiliyah in the Sultanate of Oman. Conclusion: In light of the results of the research, there are a set of recommendations, most notably: conducting more training courses and programs that are concerned with developing the level of school principals' practice of innovative leadership, working to review school principals' evaluation mechanisms to include more items concerned with evaluating the degree of school principals' practice of innovative leadership and its impact on the organizational effectiveness of the school.