A study of the relationships between teacher leadership and school culture in secondary schools within the Eastern School District on Prince Edward Island

This study examined the relationship between teacher leadership and school culture at the secondary level and explored other areas of interest that included how teacher leadership was affected by such variables as gender, a teacher's level of education, and teaching experience. This was a quantitative study that used a purposeful sample of 146 of the 212 high school teachers from the Eastern School District on Prince Edward Island. The return rate was 68.9%.

The leadership behaviors and characteristics of each teacher was determined through self-assessment ratings using The Leadership Profile (TLP) developed by Sashkin and Rosenbach (1995). This survey evaluated fifteen leadership measures which included the overall leadership potential of the teacher and four leadership scales: transformational leadership behaviors, transformational leadership characteristics, total transformational leadership, and transactional leadership. These scales were further subdivided into ten sub-scales. The teachers' perception of school culture was determined using the School Culture Assessment Questionnaire (SCAQ developed by Sashkin (2001 a). This survey evaluated the norms, beliefs and values of the school as perceived by each teacher. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).