Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships among principals’ strategic leadership, school’s innovative climate and effectiveness of school innovation management. Questionnaire survey was used. In addition, this study used structural equation modeling with prospective data to test for model fit. The findings indicate that principals’ strategic leadership and school’s innovative climate affect effectiveness of school innovation management in elementary schools. Besides, principals’ strategic leadership directly affects school’s innovative climate by way of school innovation management. The results suggest that the principal should implement strategic leadership to provide teachers with innovative resources, to increase teachers’ team spirit and work autonomy, to improve school’s innovative climate, and to enhance the effectiveness of school innovation management.