Innovativeness Climate in Schools Scale Validity and Reliability Study

This research aims to develop a innovativeness climate in school scale. The scale was applied to 193 working teachers in high schools at Yenimahalle District, Ankara. According to the exploratory factor analysis results, KMO value of innovativenes climate scale is .94 and the Bartlett Spherity test value is 6243.07 (p=0.00). It is explained that variance of the is scale 73.23%. After the exploratory factor Analysis, the scale included 32 items and five factors. These factors were labeled as support for innovation, resources and opportunities, taking initiative, openness to innovation, teamwork and adjustment. In Scale the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the whole scale was found to be .95. In addition, confirmatory factor analysis results is supported the exploratory factor analysis results. (Chi-square/Sd=1.65, RMSEA = .051, GFI= .86, AGFI = .83, CFI = .97). The findings of the study revealed that the scale was a valid and reliable instrument for measuring innovativeness climate