School administrators and teacher motivation understandung: Cyprus Case

The aim of the study is to examine the opinions of school administrators regarding the motivational status of teachers. Primary and secondary school administrators who work in Northern Cyprus public schools and private schools were selected as samples. the school administrators were selected based on maximum variation sampling, which is a form of purposive sampling. In this research, variation was created based on the schools in which the administrators work, job type (manager or assistant manager), public or private school, grade (primary or secondary school) and district (Lefkosa (Nicosia), Famagusta (Magusa), Kyrenia (Girne), Guzelyurt, Iskele). The opinions of school administrators related to how they perceive the motivational levels of teachers are the following: working discipline, participation and body language. On the other hand, most of the school administrators' opinions regarding the low motivation of teachers are related to "teacher unwillingness". The teacher motivation understanding indicators of school administrators are generally extrinsically motivation oriented. In this case, there is an increased necessity for intrinsic motivation observation and evaluation of teachers.