The relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards instructional leadership behaviors of their principals and teachers’ attitudes towards change

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between primary school teachers’ perceptions towards instructional leadership behaviors of their principals and teachers’ attitudes towards change. The sample of the study consists of 326 teachers working for primary schools during 2006-2007 academic year in Denizli. To examine relationship, “The inventory of attitudes toward change” developed by Dunham et al. and “Instructional Leadership Inventory” developed by Tanrıogen and Polat was used as the data instrument of the research. In this study, statistical techniqes such as frequencies, standard deviation, correlation and regression analysis was used. As a result of the analysis of the data collected, teachers’ perceptions towards instructional leadership behaviors of their principals and teachers’ attitudes towards organizational change have been found as “moderate” level. According to teachers’ perceptions, there was a pozitive relationship between instructional leadership behaviors of their principals and teachers’ attitudes towards organizational change.