Examining the Relationship between Teacher Leadership and Leadership Styles of School Principals and the Learning Organization

Abstract

In this study, the relationship between the teacher leadership and the leadership styles of the school principals and the organizational learning status of the schools were investigated. The research was carried out with a sample of 635 randomly selected from school administrators and teachers working in secondary schools in the Turkestan province of Kazakhstan. Leadership Capacity Scale, Dimensions of Learning Organizations Scale and Teacher Leadership Scale were used to collect data. Adaptation studies have been carried out for all three data collection tools. Descriptive and predictive statistical methods were used in the analysis of the data. Research findings show that teacher leadership is explained by school principals' leadership styles and learning organization variables. The results show that the capacity of schools as learning organizations and innovative and participatory leadership of school principals should be strengthened in order to develop teacher leadership, which is critical to the success of educational reforms.