Comparison of job satisfaction and quality of work life between health educators and teachers in the schools

Introduction: One of the most important factors in achieving the goals of any organization is human resources. Education organization is one of the most important organizations of societies. Since the people of this organization have very important effects on students and people of a society; Paying attention to the job satisfaction and working life of these people is very important. Methods: This research was applied in terms of objective type and descriptive survey in terms of method. The statistical population of the research was made up of health educators and teachers of other male and female subjects in the first secondary public schools of Karaj city in the academic year of 2022-2023. Sampling of health educators and teachers of other subjects was done using the total number method (127 people) and the proportional stratification method (130 people). The research tools included Moghimi's job satisfaction questionnaires (2013) and Ilgan et al.'s (2014) quality of work life questionnaires. Data analysis was done using two-group independent t-test in SPSS26 software at the level of 0.05. Results: The results of the independent t-test at the significance level (α = 0.5) with 95% confidence level indicate a significant difference between the internal job satisfaction of health educators and teachers and a significant difference in the quality of work life in terms of opportunities at work and relationships with colleagues. It is between these two groups. Conclusion: It is suggested that the necessary measures to improve these two components in health educators and teachers should be provided by education.