Scale Analysis

The International Teacher 2000 scale was developed by Dinham and Scott in 2000 and has been used in several English-speaking countries, as well as in other countries such as France, Malta, and Greece.

Purpose

The International Teacher 2000 scale was designed to measure teachers’ job satisfaction and, more specifically, to investigate the effects of changes in the educational system on teacher satisfaction.

Question Scoring

The scale consists of 56 questions, answered using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (high dissatisfaction) to 5 (high satisfaction). The scale includes nine factors: leadership and school climate, relationships with parents and the community, guidance and counseling, student achievement and behavior, workload, recognition, professional development and advancement, salary and working hours, and unionism.

Statistical Analysis

The scale produces an overall score calculated as the sum of the individual item scores, which indicates the level of teacher satisfaction. The higher the score, the greater the teacher’s satisfaction.

Validity and Reliability

The scale was linguistically and culturally adapted to Greek by Iliofotou and collaborators in 2014. In the Greek sample, the reliability indicators of the nine factors, as well as the total scale, were considered satisfactory. The Cronbach’s alpha for the entire scale was calculated at 0.92.

References

Authors: Dinham S. & Scott C.
Greek Adaptation: Iliofotou M. and collaborators