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The purpose of this study was to propose a leadership model for principals in first educational Zarqa directorate to improve teachers' quality of work life in their schools. The study population was composed of all teachers worked in public first Zarqa educational directorate schools (3921) in the academic year 2011/2012. (424) basic and high school teachers participated in this study by completing the principals Leadership Practices that improving teachers quality of work life questionnaire which developed by the researcher. The questionnaire composed of (57) statements distributed into (9) domains: work facilitation, physical school environment, social support, job satisfaction, work meaningfulness, role clarity, participation in school’s decision making, professional development and student’s behavior. Descriptive statistics, the t-test technique and Factor analysis were utilized in this study. The results of the study revealed that leadership practices that improving teacher’s quality of work life were being moderately practiced by principals as perceived by their teachers. Finally, the study ended by presenting a recommendation for adapting the proposed model to improve teachers' quality of work life which will affect education quality at Jordanian schools.(Published Abstract)