Examining Education Supervisors’ Stress Level They Experience Due to Their Duties

The main purpose of this study is to determine education supervisors' stress level they experience due to their duties. The working group comprised of 208 education supervisors employed in Istanbul province in the 2009-2010 academic year. The data were gathered through Education Supervisors' Stress Level Determination Scale (ESSLDS) developed by the researchers themselves. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was found as 0, 90. The data were analyzed with arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way variant analysis method (ANOVA). The results reveal that the education supervisors experience moderate level stress due to variety of their duties; a bit higher stress due to inefficiency of supervision and difficulties of working conditions; lower than normal level stress regarding of communication problems. In general, education supervisors experience moderate level stress due to their supervisory duties they carry out. While there are significant differences in gender, age, number of rewards and number of in-service training variables, there is no significant difference concerning education and professional experience variables.