School Environment and Career Stages of school teachers:An Empirical Study

The purpose of this study is to explore the patterns of relationship between different career stages and different dimensions of school environment m different school teachers selected from different school of Kolkata. Huberman, (1989) proposed the theory of career stage model which describes teachers' professional work at different stages. 300 data were obtained from the school teachers of Kolkata. Career Stage Scale developed by McCormick, and Bamett (2008) and Revised School-Level Environment Questionnaire developed by Johnson, Stevens and Zvoch (2007) have been used m this study. Findings revealed that collaboration, student relations, school resources, decision making andmstructionalinnovationaresignificantlyandpositivelycorrelatedwithmost of the career stages. Step wise regression analysis indicated that all the career stages were significantly predicted by different dimensions of school environment. This study high lighted that teachers on different career stages are often characterized as having more positive relation with colleagues and students, interested m experimentation in the schools and older and experienced teachers actively take part in the decisions of schools than other teachers.