摘要：In the study, it is aimed to determine elementary and middle school teachers’, who work in the central county of Kütahya, perceptions and expectations of their leadership roles, the existence and level of the correlations between their perceptions and expectations and to what extent these teachers exhibit teacher leadership. Differences in perceptions and expectations across variables such as gender, branch, seniority, graduated school type are also researched. Data were gathered using the “Teacher Leadership Scale” developed by Beycioğlu and Aslan (2010). Quantitative data on 623 scale forms gathered from the participants have been analyzed. Findings imply that at schools, teacher leadership was exhibited to a certain degree, and the expectations of teacher leadership were higher than the perceptions. Expectations of teacher leadership did not vary across branches while perceptions did vary. Classroom teachers had higher perceptions in the sub factors of vocational development and collaboration with colleagues. Female teachers had higher perceptions and expectations of teacher leadership than male teachers. It is concluded that the results of this research may contribute to the comprehension of the status of teacher leadership at our schools.
