Longitudinal Teacher Education and Workforce Study (ltews) Final Report

Note: Round 2 n=236: Teachers: disagree n=1, neither n=20, agree n=155, strongly agree n=60; Principals strongly disagree n=2, disagree n=11, neither n=11, agree n=134, strongly agree n=78; Round 3 n=221: Teachers: disagree n=1, neither n=8, agree n=143, strongly agree n=69; Principals strongly disagree n=2, disagree n=5, neither n=15, agree n=135, strongly agree n=64

The first panel in each round presents row percentages, which are the percentages relative to teachers’ level of agreement on their effectiveness in the first National Standard, 'Know students and how they learn'. Taking the row ‘Agree’ in Round 2, it can be seen that of the graduates who agreed they were effective in this area, 3.9 per cent of them had principals who disagreed they were effective in this area, and 60 per cent of principals agreed graduates were effective in this area. Similarly, of the teachers who strongly agree they were effective in this area, 1.7 per cent of their principals strongly disagreed they were effective, 3.3 per cent disagreed, 8.3 per cent neither agreed nor disagreed, 46.7 per cent agreed and 40 per cent strongly agreed that these graduates were effective in this key area. In both rounds of the survey, there was only one graduate teacher with a corresponding principal comment who disagreed he/she was effective in this area.

The second panel presents the figures as column percentages, that is, the percentages expressed in terms of principals’ views on the effectiveness of their graduate teachers. Looking at the agreement column in Round 2 it can be seen that 69.4 per cent of principals also had their graduates agreeing they were effective. Of the principals who disagreed their graduates were effective in this are in Round 2 (n=11), no graduates disagreed, 27.3 per cent neither agreed nor disagreed, 54.5 per cent agreed and 18.2 per cent strongly agreed they were effective.

Just over 61 per cent of principals agreed teachers were effective in this area in Round 3 (as shown in the Totals row in the first Round 3 panel). Of the principals who agreed teachers were effective in this area in Round 3, 68.1 per cent had graduates who also agreed they were effective and 27.4 per cent of graduates who strongly agreed they were effective in this area.

Overall in Round 2, column totals show that 91.1 per cent of graduates agree or strongly agree they are effective in this area, and row totals show that 89.9 per cent of principals agree or strongly agree that graduates are effective in this area, showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals.

Overall in Round 3, column totals show that 95.0 per cent of graduates agree or strongly agree they are effective in this area, and row totals show that 90.1 per cent of principals agree or strongly agree that graduates are effective in this area, showing a reasonably strong consensus between graduates and principals. There was a larger percentage of principals than graduates who neither agreed nor disagreed in Round 3 (6.8 per cent compared to 3.6 per cent). This may be due to the timing of the survey for Round 3, which was at the beginning of the year, when principals would not be as familiar with their graduates’ strengths as they would be at the end of the year, when Round 2 took place.

2. 
   Effectiveness in the area of 'Know the content and how to teach it'
   

Table 86 shows what graduates and principals said about the graduates’ effectiveness in the area of 'Know the content and how to teach it'.

Table 86. Comparison of teacher and principal perceptions on effectiveness in 'Know the content and how to teach it'

	Principals
	Strongly disagree		Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree	Total
Graduates
Round 2
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		5.0	15.0	0.0	60.0	20.0	100.0
Agree		0.0	3.9	3.9	60.0	32.3	100.0
Strongly agree		1.7	3.3	8.3	46.7	40.0	100.0
TOTAL		0.8	4.7	4.7	56.8	33.1	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		33.3	14.3	0.0	3.3	3.5	3.8
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	28.6	17.6	12.2	4.7	10.2
Agree		33.3	42.9	52.9	61.8	57.0	58.5
Strongly agree		33.3	14.3	29.4	22.8	34.9	27.5
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Round 3
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	0.0	25.0	75.0	0.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	6.3	6.3	68.8	18.8	100.0
Agree		0.7	1.4	7.1	58.6	32.1	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	3.3	8.2	55.7	32.8	100.0
TOTAL		0.5	2.3	7.7	58.8	30.8	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	5.9	2.3	0.0	1.8
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	20.0	5.9	8.5	4.4	7.2
Agree		100.0	40.0	58.8	63.1	66.2	63.3
Strongly agree		0.0	40.0	29.4	26.2	29.4	27.6
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0