Abstract: The first step was to put forward the theoretical structure of the teacher achievement goal which was formed on the basis of Elliot's evaluation standard of goal achievement and his framework about ability efficiency. The research collected samples from over a dozen of primary school and middle school teachers in and out of Zhejiang Province.The analysis was carried out on 523 valid questionnaires.The results of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory analysis indicated that the structure of the teachers'achievement goal orientation include 6 factors,they are absolute-avoidance,individual-avoidance,reference-avoidance,individual-approach,reference-approach,abso lute-approach.Additionally,the relationship of teachers'personal goals and schools'goal structures were discussed.This research collected samp les from more than a dozen of other schools,and the analysis was based in 625 valid questionnaires.The result indicated that mastery goal structure had positive effect on absolute-approach goal,individual-approach goal,but negative effect on absolute-avoidance goal;performance goals structure had positive effect on absolute-approach goal,reference-approach goal,individual-avoidance goal and reference-avoidance goal.

Key words: teacher achievement goal, schools’goal structures, achievement goals’6 factors, structural equation model