Relationship between school transformation and teacher's job satisfaction

Compulsory education has been increased from 8 years' to 12 years' by legal arrangements and primary schools have been separated into two as primary school and secondary school since 3 March , 2012. The subject which has been wondered about and has to be studied on in education literature is whether teachers' occupational satisfaction levels have changed or not related with school transition programme. In this research, teachers' perception towards school transition will be identified in general and on which level these perceptions are related with their occupational satisfaction will also be defined. The teachers employed in primary and secondary schools in Bakırköy, Zeytinburnu, Bağcılar and Fatih, the districts in city of İstanbul, consist of the research population.149 Teachers who have been selected among these teachers constitute research sample. In order to reach the goal, Minessota Occupational Satisfaction Questionnaire and an interview form related with school transition programme have been implemented. Questionnaire results have been entered on SPSS20 programme and also have been evaluated with interview results. In general, teachers have declared positive opinion about school transition programme and it's also been observed that their occupational satisfaction level is positive.