Identifying and Ranking the Factors Affecting Teacher's Productivity (Case: Teachers of Yazd Province)

Sustainable development of each country is a function of its educational system. This system has a critical role in economic, social and political development. Increasing the level of productivity could lead to better performance of educational system. Teachers are the most important element of an educational system. They play key role in performance improvement; therefore increasing the level of their productivity could lead to better performance of educational system. This article tries to identify and rank the factors that help to increase the level of teacher's productivity. At the first step, by using the expert's opinions and Delphi technique, thirty nine factors that affect teacher's productivity are identified and classified into seven dimensions. Next, by using statistical methods and Topsis technique these factors were ranked. The findings of this ranking show that educational, economical & welfare factors are the most important dimensions that affect teacher's productivity.