Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the ethical leadership characteristics of school managers and the teacher autonomy. The universe of research consists of 795 teachers working in the official secondary schools of Van ili Edremit, Palace, Özalp in the 2018-2019 educational year. According to the scan model, the study used a simple non-selective sampling method and 215 teachers were included in the study as sampling. The study found that teachers’ ethical leadership perceptions were high. There is a significant difference in ethical leadership perceptions according to the "gender, age" variables of the teachers involved in the study, while there is no significant difference in ethical leadership perceptions according to the "state of the district they work" variables. The perceptions of the teachers involved in the study about the total scale score of the teacher's autonomy came to a high level. There was a significant difference in teachers’ perceptions of authenticity regarding the variables of "school type, the status of the district in charge" of teachers. A positive and meaningful relationship has emerged between teachers’ perceptions of ethical leadership and the total scale scale of teacher autonomy. The study found a positive linear relationship between ethical leadership and teacher autonomy.

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