707 eefdergi Cilt 20 Sayı 3 Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi e-ISSN2148-7510 http://eefdergi.erzincan.edu.tr | eefdergi@erzincan.edu.tr Doi numarası: 10.17556/erziefd.418640 Secondary School Teachers’ Life Satisfaction Level Ramazan ÖZKUL * , Melike CÖMERT ** Received date: 26.04.2018 Accepted date: 21.11.2018 Abstract The aim of this research is to determine life satisfaction perceptions of middle school teachers and to evaluate them in terms of independent variables. For this reason, survey research modelis used. The population of this research is Sahinbey central district located in the Gaziantep municipality consists of 3114 secondary school teachers. The research sample selected by the stratified sampling method consists of 526 teachers. In the study to determine the level of life satisfaction of teachers developed by the Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin (1985) "Life Satisfaction Scale" is used. The analysis of the data first included descriptive statistics. Teachers' perceptions of life satisfaction varies according to the gender variable t-test to determine whether; ex̄ perience, course work, school size and level of education varies according to the variables to determine whether the ANOVA test was performed. Life Satisfaction teachers' perceptions regarding the wording of the scale were evaluated according to the independent variables of gender, course load and school size variables did not differ significantly according to the perceptions of teachers. According to seniority in teacher perceptions of life satisfaction scale for teachers with 21 years or more showed significant differences in favor. Keywords: Secondary school, teachers, life satisfaction. * İnönü University, Faculty of Education, Educational Administration, Malatya, Turkey, ramazan- sefidetrak@hotmail.com ** İnönü University, Faculty of Education, Educational Administration, Malatya, Turkey, melike.comert@inonu.edu.tr