Model of Teacher Leadership Capacity in Basic Educational Institutions

Abstract

     The purposes of this research were to study the effect of teacher leadership capacity on school climate and teacher's effectiveness in basic educational institutions, and to design a model of linear structure relationship between teacher leadership capacity, school climate and teacher's effectiveness. The sample consisted of 1,019 teachers in basic educational institutions in the inspection area 15 in the 2007 academic year. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, path analysis and structural equation model analysis. The findings were as follows. 1) Teacher leadership capacity directly affected teacher's effectiveness and indirectly affected their effectiveness through the school climate. Teacher leadership capacity positively affected the school climate. School climate directly affected teacher's effectiveness. 2) The linear structure relationship model was conformed to empirical data consisted of components as follows: teacher leadership capacity as an independent variable, teacher's effectiveness as a dependent variable with school climate as mediator. Teacher leadership capacity and school climate revealed 88 percent of the variance of teacher's effectiveness. (R²= .88)