Investigating the Factor Structure and Validity of Teacher Empowerment Scale

Measuring and enhancing teachers' empowerment for developing and maintaining a high-performance and flexible workforce is essential; Therefore, the purpose of this study was to validate the teacher empowerment scale. This descriptive study was conducted using psychometric method. The statistical population included all teachers working in Kerman province in 2022. The number of samples was determined according to psychometric criteria to 100 people for the convergent validity section, 750 people for the structural validity section and 100 people for reliability. The samples were selected by cluster sampling method. The research data were collected electronically by sending the questionnaire link to the participants' mobile phones through two scales of teacher empowerment of Ozkan Hidiroglu and Tanriyogen and psychological empowerment of Spreitzer and Mishra. To examine the validity of the scale, content validity, concurrent validity, and factor analysis methods were used. The reliability of the scale was examined using internal consistency and split-half reliability methods. The results showed that the scale has content and concurrent validity (P<0.001). The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the teacher empowerment scale consists of four factors and has appropriate validity. Confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed the four-factor model. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the whole scale and subscales ranged from 0.81 to 0/94, indicating the appropriate reliability of this scale. The 37-item teacher empowerment questionnaire can be used to assess teacher empowerment