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International Journal of Scientific Research and Management (IJSRM), vol.5, no.11, pp.7468-7473, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Today, since teachers, students as well as parents are included in the process of leadership, school
principals are not considered the sole leaders any longer. Distributed leadership which requires the
involvement of various people in school leadership has paved the way for teacher leadership which is
defined as “having effective teaching leadership within the classroom, playing leadership roles out of the
classroom, becoming a role model both for the students and colleagues in terms of education and school
development processes, working cooperatively with them, influencing them and contributing to the
transformation of the school community in terms of the school targets that will improve the school
according to the needs of the modern time. The purpose of this study is to determine the English
instructors‟ teacher leadership style in terms of McGregor‟s X and Y Theory and to reveal whether their
teacher leadership style varies according to such personal and professional factors as their gender and
teaching experience. The data were collected from 80English instructors employed at Dokuz Eylul
University, School of Foreign Languages in Izmir, Turkey via“ Teacher Leadership Styles Scale”
developed by Deniz and Hasançebioğlu (2003). The data were analysed with SPSS 22 packet program and
the results have revealed that the instructors have a semi-democratic leadership style although they tend to
be autocratic as well.