The relationship of selected factors to teacher morale among teachers in Burke County, North Carolina

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of selected factors to teacher morale. It was hypothesized that there would be no significant relationships among teachers' morale scores and school, age, sex, marital status, level of education, years of teaching experience, salary, teaching field, and In-service education. It was also hypothesized that there would be no significant relationships between teachers' morale scores and the ten dimensions of the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire. The subjects were the teachers in the five senior high schools in Burke County, North Carolina. Responses were obtained from 101 of the 175 teachers. Findings were based on responses of ninety-eight teachers. The Purdue Teacher Opinionaire and a personal data form were used to collect the data. Stanine scores were used for comparison with the norms established for the instrument. The Multi-Variate Analysis of Variance program was used to determine significant relationships among the variables