ABSTRACT
The construct, teacher satisfaction, is closely aligned with job satisfaction more generally. Plax, Kearney, and Downs were interested specifically in teachers’ attitudes or affect toward their primary job responsibility, teaching. Consequently, the Teacher Satisfaction Scale (SAT) was developed to assess teachers’ attitudes about teaching in global terms and their own students. The SAT is composed of six items, three measuring teachers’ satisfaction toward the teaching profession and three measuring their satisfaction with the students they teach. The SAT appears to be internally consistent. In two separate studies reported by Plax et al., alpha reliability estimates were.88 and.85 for the teaching factor and.85 and.86 for the student factor. When the instrument was considered unidimensional, overall reliability estimates were.76 and.91. The SAT improves on prior job satisfaction instruments by assessing teachers’ satisfaction toward their primary job responsibilities, teaching and dealing with students.
