Increasing Teacher Preparedness Through Effective Student Teaching
Category: Teacher and Leader Development
Instrument Overview
Developed by Tyler L. Renshaw, Anna C. J. Long, and Clayton R. Cook in 2015, the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ) is an 8-item self-report tool designed to assess teachers’ work-related wellbeing. It includes two subscales—Teaching Efficacy and School Connectedness—that can be used separately or combined into a composite Teacher Wellbeing score.
Initial validation with general and high-stress teacher samples showed strong internal consistency, good construct validity, and predictive validity for psychological distress. A 2018 confirmatory factor analysis by Mankin et al. confirmed the two-factor structure and demonstrated measurement invariance across elementary, middle, and high school teachers, supporting the tool’s broad applicability.
The TSWQ is suited for screening, progress monitoring, and outcome measurement in school mental health contexts. Scoring is straightforward, with no reverse scoring required. While no national norms exist, local norming is recommended for interpretation.
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
Keywords
Schooling ; Teaching ;
Languages
English
Respondent
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
8 items
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
Utah State University Associate Professor - Director of the School Psychology Program tyler.renshaw@usu.edu
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Undefined
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Renshaw, T. L., Long, A. C., & Cook, C. R. (2015). Assessing teachers‘ positive psychological functioning at work: Development and validation of the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. School Psychology Quarterly, 30(2), 289-306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000112
Mankin, A., von der Embse, N., Renshaw, T. L., & Ryan, S. (2018). Assessing teacher wellness: Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36(3), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282917707142
