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School Libraries In South Australia 2019 Census, Katherine Dix, Rachel Felgate, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Toby Carslake, Shani Sniedze
School Libraries In South Australia 2019 Census, Katherine Dix, Rachel Felgate, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Toby Carslake, Shani Sniedze
School and system improvement
This report presents the results of a survey census and website review of school libraries, taken across all South Australian schools in Term 3, 2019. The census collected data on school library staffing, facilities, funding, and support. Results reveal that schools with a qualified teacher librarian are more likely to have improved student literacy outcomes. While 94 per cent of South Australian schools have someone to manage the library collection and to select resources, less than a quarter (23 per cent) are managed by a qualified teacher librarian. Questions about the nature of library provision in schools uncovered eight main …
Infographic: From One Teacher To Another, Jo Earp
Infographic: From One Teacher To Another, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
Each year, we ask readers to share a piece of advice. In today’s infographic we share some of the responses we’ve received on teaching and leading. What would your piece of advice be?
Talis: Stress Levels Among Australian Teachers, Sue Thomson
Talis: Stress Levels Among Australian Teachers, Sue Thomson
Teacher columnist - Sue Thomson
The OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey provides a voice for teachers and principals internationally. Australia is one of 48 countries that participated in TALIS 2018, and ACER has just released the second report on the data gathered – Teachers and school leaders as valued professionals (Thomson & Hillman, 2020). The foci of this second volume are career opportunities, collaboration, autonomy and prestige. The results reported in this article are those from lower secondary school teachers and principals.
Infographic: My Seventh Teacher Alphabet, Jo Earp
Infographic: My Seventh Teacher Alphabet, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
What do you need information on? Strategies for identifying and supporting gifted learners? Digital literacy? Learning Walks and Talks? Indigenous perspectives in maths? The seventh Teacher alphabet brings you quick links to popular content that you might find useful.
Teachers’ Priorities For Education Spending, Sue Thomson
Teachers’ Priorities For Education Spending, Sue Thomson
Teacher columnist - Sue Thomson
In my last column I examined secondary school teacher and principal views on resourcing issues that hinder quality teaching, as revealed by the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). What, then, do these teachers see as the spending priorities for Australian education? And are the priorities different in primary schools?