İnovatif Okul Liderliği ve Girişimci Öğretmen Davranışlarının Okul Mutluluğu Üzerindeki Etkisi: Özel Okullar Örneği

Bu çalışma, özel okul öğretmeni algılarına göre yenilikçi okul liderliği ve girişimci öğretmen davranışlarının okul mutluluğu üzerindeki etkisini incelemektedir. Çalışma, tanımlayıcı ve ilişkisel tarama modelini kullanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini 2022-2023 eğitim öğretim yılında Türkiye'de özel okullarda görev yapan 270 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada okul müdürlerinin yenilikçi okul liderliği düzeyini belirlemek için yenilikçi okul liderliği ölçeği, girişimci öğretmen davranışı düzeyini belirlemek için girişimci öğretmen davranışı ölçeği ve okul mutluluk düzeyini belirlemek için okul mutluluğu ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, özel okul öğretmenlerinin müdürlerin yenilikçi okul liderliği düzeyine ilişkin algılarının yüksek düzeyde olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Girişimci öğretmen davranışı düzeyine ilişkin algıları üst düzeydedir. Okul mutluluğu düzeyi algısı da üst düzeydedir. Bulgular, yenilikçi okul liderliği ile girişimci öğretmen davranışı arasında düşük, pozitif anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Yenilikçi okul liderliği ile okul mutluluğu arasında yüksek, pozitif, anlamlı bir ilişki vardır. Girişimci öğretmen davranışları ile okul mutluluğu arasında orta düzeyde, pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişki vardır. Yenilikçi okul liderliği ve girişimci öğretmen davranışları, okul mutluluğunu önemli ölçüde yordamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

İnovatif okul liderliği, girişimci öğretmen davranışları, okul mutluluğu

The Impact of Innovative School Leadership and Entrepreneurial Teacher Behaviors on School Happiness: The Case of Private Schools

This study examined the effect of innovative school leadership and entrepreneurial teacher behaviors on school happiness according to private school teacher perceptions. The study employed a model of descriptive and relational scanning. The sample of the study consists of 270 teachers working in private schools in Turkey in the 2022-2023 academic year. In the study, innovative school leadership scale was used to determine the innovative school leadership level of principals, entrepreneurial teacher behavior scale to determine the level of entrepreneurial teacher behavior, and school happiness scale to determine the level of school happiness. The findings revealed that perceptions of private school teachers about innovative school leadership level of the principals are at a high level. Their perception of the level of entrepreneurial teacher behavior is at a high level. Perception of the level of school happiness is also at a high level. Findings showed that there is a low, positive significant relationship between innovative school leadership and entrepreneurial teacher behavior. There is a high, positive, significant relationship between innovative school leadership and school happiness. There is a moderate, positive, significant relationship between entrepreneurial teacher behaviors and school happiness. Innovative school leadership and entrepreneurial teacher behaviors significantly predict school happiness.

Keywords:

Innovative school leadership, entrepreneurial teacher behaviors, school happiness,

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