Examining School Climate and Teachers’ Organizational Commitment

This study was undertaken to examine the school climate and teachers’ organizational commitment and investigate the perceived school climate of the participating schools and teachers’ organizational commitment.  It aimed to contribute to the knowledge and understanding the effects of school climate on teachers’ organizational commitment.  It involved the participation of teachers and principals from six P3 and P4 schools from all districts of Division of Quezon City. The study is descriptive in nature and the respondents’ responses were measured through a survey which was followed by interview and focus group discussions to probe and constructively discuss what factors would improve or strengthen teachers’ organizational commitment and school climate. In total, 218 teachers and 6 principals participated. The instrument used to measure school climate was based from the School Climate Assessment Instrument (SCAI) developed by John Schindler of the California State University and the Three-Component Organizational Commitment Questionnaire developed by Natalie Allen and John Mayer to assess the respondents’ organizational commitment. The results suggest a strong positive relationship between school climate and teachers’ organizational commitment. Moreover, the results proved that school climate influences the teachers’ organizational commitment and elicited other factors that somehow affect their organizational commitment. The researcher developed a management plan which covers the physical appearance, faculty relations, discipline environment, parental/community relations, leadership decisions, attitude and culture and learning assessment.  This plan also includes activities that would improve teachers’ wellness, workload management and finance management skills. Supervisors, principals and teachers may include it in their program or use it in developing a teacher development program. This could help principals and teachers attain and sustain positive school climate and stronger organizational commitment