The relationship between the coordinator and formateur physical education teachers dedication status and their perception of transformational leadership types provided by school directors

The aim of this study is to examine the view of the formator and coordinator physical education teachers and the transformational leadership styles of the managers, to determine how much support is given by the managers for the formator and coordinator physical education teachers to prepare an efficient workplace in the future, and to enable the ministry to guide the concerned during the reorganizational process. In this study, descriptive and survey methods have been used in order to determine the existing situation. Firstly, the literature related to the field has thoroughly been reviewed and the findings of the previous studies have been examined. With the information gained, a theoretical framework for the thesis has been built in terms of various variables. Later, data has been collected by means of valid and reliable scales and questionnaires. This study has been conducted with the formator (N= 109) and coordinator (N= 56) physical education teachers participating in the in-service training seminar organized by the Ministry of National Education. In this study, data has been collected using ?Transformational Leadership Scale? and ?Organizational Commitment Questionnaire? developed by experts. In order to get the demographic information about the teachers and the transformational leadership vi styles of the managers, Bass and Avolio?s (1990) Multi-factor Leadership Scale and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5 - x short (MLQ) developed by Podsakoffun (1990), translated and modified by İşcan (2002), were used. There was no significant difference in the commitment levels of the formator physical education teachers in terms of variables such as gender, work experience, and educational background. When the two groups were analyzed in terms of the commitment to educational affairs sub-dimension, female teachers were found to commit themselves more than the males. There were no significant differences in the commitment levels among the coordinator teachers in terms of the variables such as gender, work experience and educational background. In terms of commitment to educational affairs, there was a significant difference between groups favoring the ones having a BA. The scores obtained by formator and coordinator physical education teachers from ?The commitment scale sub-dimensions? were found to be identical. There was no relationship between the commitment levels of the formator physical education teachers and the transformational leadership styles of the managers. There was no statistical significant difference between the scores of the managers of the formator and the managers of the coordinator physical education teachers obtained from the transformational leadership style scale. In conclusion, we determined that there was no significant difference between the commitment levels of the formator and coordinator physical education teachers; the level of the transformational leadership styles of the managers were found to be close to each other. Key words: formator physical education teacher, coordinator physical education teacher, transformational leadership, organizational commitment