This study aims to a path analysis of school climate as estimated by leadership behavior of principal, self efficacy and professional development of teachers. Quantitative descriptive correlation causal research design was used in the study with 400 randomly selected public-school teachers of Region XI as respondents for the four survey instruments used in gathering data. The statistical tools used were mean, standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Maximum Likelihood method in the path analysis of the variables that best fits the school climate. Findings revealed that the leadership behavior of school principals was always manifested. There was a very extensive professional development of teachers. Always evident was the teachers’ self-efficacy, There was a very much positive school climate. Further, Leadership behavior of school principals, professional development of teachers, and self-efficacy of teachers had significant positive relationships to school climate, but only self efficacy significantly influenced the school climate. The best fit model of school climate showed that self-efficacy of teachers has direct effect on school climate while leadership behavior of school principals and professional development of teachers had no direct effect to school climate, but they have direct effect to self-efficacy.
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