Impact of Teacher Commitment on Teacher Freezing of Secondary School Teachers

Teacher Commitment is a significant aspect influencing teaching and learning process. The study aims to find the relationship between teacher commitment and teacher freezing in order to increase teacher effectiveness. It tries to find the effect of teacher commitment and stream on the teacher freezing level of secondary school teachers of Himachal Pradesh. The study uses the descriptive research method. For collecting data for the study, Teacher Freezing Scale (TFS) by Haseen Taj (1998) and Teacher Commitment Scale (TCS) by Dr. T. Pradeep Kumar (2012) were administered. The sample of the study is comprised of 180 teachers selected through random cluster sampling technique from secondary schools of Himachal Pradesh. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation & t-test were used to analyze the teacher commitment and teacher freezing scores of secondary school teachers. The analysis of the data revealed a significant negative correlation between teacher commitment and teacher freezing. While Teacher commitment was found to be independent of gender and stream. Secondary school teachers possessing favorable teacher commitment were found to have lower level of teacher freezing as compared to teachers possessing unfavorable teacher commitment. There was no significant difference in level of teacher freezing with respect to stream of the secondary school teacher.