Longitudinal Teacher Education and Workforce Study (ltews) Final Report

Note: Round 2 n=236: Teachers: disagree n=9, neither n=24, agree n=138, strongly agree n=65; Principals strongly disagree n=3, disagree n=7, neither n=17, agree n=123, strongly agree n=86; Round 3 n=221: Teachers: disagree n=4, neither n=16, agree n=140, strongly agree n=61; Principals strongly disagree n=1, disagree n=5, neither n=17, agree n=130, strongly agree n=68

The blue highlighted cells show the percentages for when graduates and their principals had the same level of agreement about graduates’ effectiveness in the area 'Know the content and how to teach it'. Of the graduates who agreed they were effective in this area in Round 2, 60 per cent of their principals also agreed. Of principals who agreed their graduates were effective in this area in Round 2, 61.8 per cent of the graduates also agreed.

Overall in Round 2, column totals show that 86 per cent of graduates agree or strongly agree they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 89.9 per cent of principals agree or strongly agree that graduates were effective in this area, showing that graduates are slightly tougher on themselves than are their principals.

Overall in Round 3, column totals show that 90.9 per cent of graduates agree or strongly agree they are effective in this area, and row totals show that 89.6 per cent of principals agree or strongly agree that graduates are effective in this area, showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals.

3. 
   Effectiveness in the area of 'Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning'
   

Table 87 shows what graduates and principals said about the graduates’ effectiveness in the area of 'Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning'.

Table 87. Comparison of teacher and principal perceptions on effectiveness in 'Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning'

	Principals
	Strongly disagree		Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree	Total
Graduates
Round 2
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	0.0	14.3	71.4	14.3	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	17.4	8.7	69.6	4.3	100.0
Agree		1.9	3.2	4.5	53.9	36.4	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	5.8	1.9	44.2	48.1	100.0
TOTAL		1.3	5.1	4.7	53.8	35.2	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	9.1	3.9	1.2	3.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	33.3	18.2	12.6	1.2	9.7
Agree		100.0	41.7	63.6	65.4	67.5	65.3
Strongly agree		0.0	25.0	9.1	18.1	30.1	22.0
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Round 3
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	11.1	11.1	72.2	5.6	100.0
Agree		0.7	1.4	4.9	57.7	35.2	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	0.0	5.2	51.7	43.1	100.0
TOTAL		0.5	1.8	5.4	57.9	34.4	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.4
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	50.0	16.7	10.2	1.3	8.1
Agree		100.0	50.0	58.3	64.1	65.8	64.3
Strongly agree		0.0	0.0	25.0	23.4	32.9	26.2
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0