Abstract:

School climate, teacher self-efficacy and job satisfaction are important concepts that effect both teachers’ professional development and quality of education. This study aimed to determine teachers' school climate perceptions, own self-efficacy beliefs and professional satisfaction levels, and to examine the relationship of these concepts. It was designed in a correlational survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 397 teachers working in kindergartens, primary, secondary and high schools in a province center in the Central Black Sea region of Turkey, in 2020-2021 academic year. A Personal Information Form, Comprehensive Assessment of School Environment, Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire were used in data collection procedure. In the data analysis both descriptive and procedural statistics were performed. Results revealed that: teachers' school climate perceptions were in a medium level, female teachers' school climate perceptions found to be statistically higher than males’. Training level was a significant predictor of school climate, teacher self-efficacy and job satisfaction. Occupational experience and educational level variables were not significant. A medium, positive and significant relationship found to be between teachers’ school climate perceptions, job satisfaction and teacher self-efficacy. While school climate predicts the variance of teacher self-efficacy belief by 12%, teachers’ job satisfaction by 35%. To the respect of these findings, we recommended that schools should take precautions to increase the organizational climate, and the physical environment of schools should be improved. For further studies, diversifying study groups with students, teachers and administrators and performing similar studies in other cities were recommended.

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