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The Impact of Collegial Leadership, Teacher Professionalism and Faculty Trust on Teacher Academic Optimism at Selected Basic Education High Schools in Mandalay Thandar Soe Zin Nwe Than The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of collegial leadership, teacher professionalism and faculty trust on teacher academic optimism at selected Basic Education High Schools in Mandalay. Descriptive research method was applied to collect data from six principals and five hundred and three teachers from six selected high schools in Mandalay. In this study, three instruments were mainly used in Questionnaire for Teachers. Collegial leadership and teacher professionalism were identified through the use of “The Organizational Climate Index (OCI)” developed by Hoy, Smith, & Sweetland (2002, Dean, 2011). Again, “The Omnibus Trust Scale (Omnibus-T scale)” developed by Hoy and Tschannen-Moran (1999, Dean, 2011) was used in order to measure the faculty trust in principals and colleagues in this study. Similarly, “The School Academic Optimism Scale for Elementary Teachers (SAOS)” developed by Hoy & Tarter (2006, Dean, 2011) was also used to elicit the perceptions of teachers on their academic optimism. It consisted of three domains of teacher academic optimism: collective efficacy, faculty trust in clients and academic emphasis. Data was analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, bivariate correlation and multiple regression analysis through SPSS software. The findings of this study indicated that principal’s collegial leadership was significantly related to teacher academic optimism (r = .61, p<.01) and there was positive correlation between teacher professionalism and academic optimism (r = .61, p<.01) at selected high schools. Again, positively high correlation was found between the overall faculty trust and teacher academic optimism (r = .70, p<.01) at selected high schools. Moreover, multiple regression analysis showed that academic optimism can be predicted from the combination of collegial leadership, teacher professionalism and faculty trust. Further studies are needed to be expanded this study to improve the quality of education in all sectors of education by considering other leadership styles. 2020-07-01 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000005510 https://meral.edu.mm/records/5510