The Relationship Between The Job Satisfaction And School Effectiveness Perceptions Of Classroom Teachers

This study aims to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and school effectiveness in terms of the perceptions of primary school teachers. For this purpose, 214 primary school teachers who were working in the district of Aziziye in the Erzurum province were chosen by means of random cluster sampling method. The Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) and the school effectiveness scale adapted to Turkish by the researchers were applied to the participants. The data obtained were analyzed by the SPSS 22 package program using the Pearson ProductMoment Correlation and the Multiple Regression. At the end of the analyses, direct relationships were found between certain job satisfaction sub dimensions and the job satisfaction total scores of class teachers and school effectiveness. The results of the regression analysis indicate that the job satisfaction sub dimensions together explain 27% of school effectiveness. The results are summarized in light of the findings and suggestions are made for practitioners and researchers