Bolat, Ö.; Toytok, E.H. Exploring Teacher’s Professional Identity in Relationship to Leadership: A Latent Profile Analysis. Sustainability2023, 15, 13837.
Bolat, Ö.; Toytok, E.H. Exploring Teacher’s Professional Identity in Relationship to Leadership: A Latent Profile Analysis. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13837.
Bolat, Ö.; Toytok, E.H. Exploring Teacher’s Professional Identity in Relationship to Leadership: A Latent Profile Analysis. Sustainability2023, 15, 13837.
Bolat, Ö.; Toytok, E.H. Exploring Teacher’s Professional Identity in Relationship to Leadership: A Latent Profile Analysis. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13837.
Abstract
As a result of the COVID 19 outbreak that has affected the whole world, teacher leadership has gained more significance. Teacher leadership is a multidimensional concept. While some teachers exercise leadership only at the classroom level, others exercise leadership at macro level. This level of leadership enactment is directly related to how teachers construct their professional identity in relation to leadership. This study aims to explore the leadership-related professional identities of teachers who came to the fore especially during the COVID 19 pandemic period by using the latent profile analysis method. The data were collected a sample of 710 teachers. Teachers completed Teacher Leadership Behavior Scale that measures teacher leadership behaviors at four levels: classroom, parental, micro-level, macro-level. Participants also completed Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale, Openness to Authority Scale, and Job Satisfaction Scale. As a result of latent profile analysis, three distinct profiles of teacher leadership identity emerged: those who exercise leadership at a minimum level, an intermediate level and a maximum level across all four levels of teacher leadership. These profiles were labeled as "extended professionality," "intermediate professionality," and "restricted professionality," drawing upon Hoyle's (1974) conceptualization of teacher professional identity. These findings suggest that teachers construct their identity differently about teacher leadership. It is essential for school leaders to first explore those different levels of professional identity and tailor their professional development activities accordingly.
Keywords
teacher leadership; COVID 19; teacher professional identity; latent profile analysis; school improvement
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
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