SCHOOL CLIMATE PLANNING, SUPPORT AND STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

The study examined the influence of school climate on educational innovations in schools. Specifically, it sought to find out the educational innovations implemented in schools, and how open and closed school climates influence educational innovations. Three hundred seventy five teachers (375) in sixteen (16) secondary schools were used for the study. The result of the analysis showed that the school organizational climate influences educational innovations. The closed school climate has a negative influence while the open school climate has a positive influence on educational innovations. School administrators should be trained to be conscious of this so that their leadership style will produce conducive climate for innovations to thrive. It was suggested that further research efforts should investigate the influence of other variables on the adoption of educational innovations in individual schools .The conclusion emanating from the study is that educational innovations can be made more effective and productive when a conducive school climate is provided for it.