Staff in Australia's schools 2010: main report on the survey

This report provides an overview of the results obtained from the Staff in Australia’s Schools (SiAS) 2010 survey commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). The survey ran from August to December 2010. The survey was structured around four populations: primary teachers; secondary teachers; primary leaders; and secondary leaders. ‘Leaders’ were defined as principals, deputy/vice principals, and their equivalents in the different school systems. The design meant that all eligible teachers in Australia had an approximately equal probability of selection. The survey is intended to provide a detailed picture of the Australian teacher workforce, and to gather information to assist in future planning of the workforce. It is also designed to provide comparative and updated data following on from the first SiAS survey conducted in 2006-07. A key facilitation reform under the Smarter Schools: Teacher Quality National Partnership (TQNP) agreement is to improve the quality and availability of teacher workforce data. Work under this reform includes the development of a national teaching workforce dataset and a teacher longitudinal study. SiAS 2010 is intended to contribute directly to the development of the national teacher workforce dataset. The results of the survey are presented under the following headings: demographic background; qualifications; current position and work; professional learning activities; career paths in teaching; early career teachers; activities outside teaching; future career intentions; views on teaching and leadership; school staffing issues; teacher appraisal. The appendices provide information about the survey and additional tables containing more detailed results for some sections.

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