Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES)

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Instrument Overview

The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) measures teachers' evaluations of how likely they are to be successful in teaching. TSES conceptualizes teaching as a complex activity and teacher efficacy as a multi-faceted construct representing at least three distinct factors: Efficacy for Classroom Management, Efficacy to promote Student Engagement, and Efficacy in using Instructional Strategies. It is designed for and has been used by researchers and school leaders to measure teacher self-efficacy at a particular point in time, as well as before and after participating in professional development programs. There is a short- and long-form version of the scale.

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Organization

Student Well-Being Category

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Content

Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; Teaching ; Teacher Self-Efficacy ; Classroom management efficacy ; Student engagement efficacy ; Instructional strategies efficacy
Languages
Arabic,
French,
Greek,
Portuguese,
Turkish
Respondent
Teacher

Administration Information

Length
Long form: 24 questions, short form: 12 questions
Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Contact

Megan Tschannen-Moran, mxtsch@wm.edu

Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Duffin, L., French, B., & Patrick, H. (2012). The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale: Confirming the factor structure with beginning pre-service teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 28(6), 827-834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2012.03.004

Scoring Directions: https://wmpeople.wm.edu/asset/index/mxtsch/scoringetcfortses

Tschannen-Moran, M., & Hoy, A. (2001). Teacher efficacy: Capturing an elusive construct. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17(7), 783-805. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-051X(01)00036-1