Sk Samim Hossain, and Jakir Hussain Laskar,
Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal
Pages:236-246
This study examined the levels, demographic variances, and correlational dynamics of
‘teacher effectiveness and job satisfaction’ among secondary teacher educators in the
Howrah district of West Bengal. Adopting a ‘descriptive survey’ research design, data
were collected from a randomly selected sample of 80 secondary teacher educators
across eight teacher training institutions. Data collection was executed using the
standardized tools; Teacher Effectiveness Scale (TES) by Puri & Gakhar and the Job
Satisfaction Scale for Teachers by Saxena. Statistical processing involved Mean,
Standard Deviation, Percentage Analysis, Independent Samples t-tests, and Pearson’s
Product-Moment Correlation. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of
teacher educators possessed a high level of teacher effectiveness and an average level
of ‘job satisfaction.’ No significant differences were found in teacher effectiveness and
job satisfaction with respect to gender and age. However, a significant difference was
observed in teacher effectiveness with respect to teaching experience, indicating that
teacher educators having 10 years and above teaching experience demonstrated higher
teacher effectiveness than those having below 10 years of teaching experience. ‘No
significant difference was found in job satisfaction with respect to teaching experience.
The study further revealed a significant positive relationship between teacher effectiveness
and job satisfaction among teacher educators.’