Teacher Motivation and Job Satisfaction Survey – TMJSS

Recognition (e.g., receiving praise from administrators, parents, students, or others)

Potential for professional growth (e.g., possibility of improving one's own professional skills)

Supervision by superiors (e.g., overall competence of superiors)

Interpersonal relationships with colleagues (e.g., interaction with other teachers)

Salary (e.g., financial compensation)

Job security (e.g., tenure)

Status (e.g., professional status of teaching)

Interpersonal relationships with administrators (e.g., interaction with administrators)

Sense of achievement (e.g., experiencing success)

Working conditions (e.g., building conditions, amount of work, facilities available)

District policies (e.g., overall effects of the district as an organization)

Teacher evaluation (e.g., appraisal of classroom instruction by evaluator)

Responsibility (e.g., autonomy, authority and responsibility for own work)

Potential for advancement (e.g., possibility of assuming different positions in the profession)

Work itself (e.g., aspects associated with the tasks of teaching)

Factors in personal life (e.g., effects of teaching on one's personal life)

Interpersonal relationships with students (e.g., interaction with students)

Sense of accountability (e.g., being held directly responsible for student learning)

A one-time monetary award (supplemental to the step increase)

Being selected as 'Teacher of the Year' in the district

An instructional workshop offered by the district for a fee

Having students thank a teacher for aiding in the understanding of a difficult concept

An instructional workshop offered and paid for by the district

Being given the opportunity to participate in teacher projects (e.g., research, curriculum development)

Early retirement/contract buy-out

Observing vast improvement in the achievement levels of one's students since the beginning of the year

Being awarded a plaque by students

Being permitted to purchase additional equipment and supplies for the classroom