An Organizational Factor Predicting School Effectiveness: School Climate

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the school climate affects school effectiveness. For this purpose, quantitative research relational screening model was used in the study. The research was conducted in 2018-2019 academic year and 341 teachers participated voluntarily. In the research, The Organizational Description Climate Scale for Elementary Schools OCDQ-RE] developed by Hoy and Tarter 1997 and adapted to Turkish culture by Yılmaz and Altınkurt 2013 was used together with The School Effectiveness Index, which was developed by Hoy 2014 and adapted to Turkish culture by Yıldırım 2015 . The data were analyzed by correlation and regression analysis. According to the findings, school climate predicts school effectiveness. The findings were discussed with the results of other researches in the literature and suggestions were made to the administrators and teachers.

Keywords

• Effective,School effectiveness,school climate

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