Workload and
quality of teaching
A recent school staff workload survey in Victoria, Australia asked teachers to
consider 17 demands of quality teaching.
Here are some of the results.
Survey participants were Australian Education Union members in Victorian government schools. Below are the proportions of educators working in
Primary, Secondary or Specialist schools, who indicated 5-7 on the likert scale (1 being 'not at all' and 7 'to a great extent') to the question: Thinking about
your teaching this year, to what extent have you been able to ...
... provide timely, useful feedback to students about their learning.
Source: Weldon, P.R. and Ingvarson, L. "School Staff Workload Study: Final Report to the Australian Education Union – Victorian Branch" (2016). http://research.acer.edu.au/tll_misc/27
... keep up with professional research and reading in your
eld of teaching.
... know your students as well
as you need to. ... select appropriate and
interesting teaching resources. ... plan e
ffectively to meet y
our students' individual learning
needs.
... manage student beha
viour effectively.
Primary Secondary Specialist
Primary Secondary Specialist
Primar
y Secondar
y Specialist
Primary Secondary Specialist
Primary Secondary Specialist
Primary Secondary Specialist
72%
61%
78%
68% 65% 62%
49%
26%
56%
43% 35% 36%
35%
21%
50%
20% 15% 19%