Psychometric Analyses of the School Governance Scale and a Study for Principals, Teachers and Other School Personnel

The main objective of this study is to develop a valid and reliable school governance scale based on the views of principals, teachers and other school personnel in public schools. The study was conducted in two subsequent phases. Initially by using the data gathered from 217 principals, teachers and other school personnel, the validity and reliability of the “School Governance Scale- SGS” were ensured via exploratory factor analyses (EFA) and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. In this case the instrument was found to be valid and reliable. In the second phase of the study, whether the school governance perception of principals, teachers and other personnel were differentiated according to their gender, seniority and task were analyzed by conducting SGS to 322 participants. According to the results, obtained from the second phase, it was found that the participant’s school governance differed significantly in terms of task and gender, and there is no significant difference in terms of seniority