Longitudinal Teacher Education and Workforce Study (ltews) Final Report

Note: Round 2 n=236: Teachers: disagree n=7, neither n=23, agree n=154, strongly agree n=52; Principals strongly disagree n=3, disagree n=12, neither n=11, agree n=127, strongly agree n=83; Round 3 n=221: Teachers: disagree n=3, neither n=18, agree n=142, strongly agree n=58; Principals strongly disagree n=1, disagree n=4, neither n=12, agree n=128, strongly agree n=76

The blue highlighted cells in Round 2 show that of the graduates who strongly agreed they were effective in the area of 'Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning', 48.1 per cent of their principals also strongly agreed. Of principals who strongly agreed their graduates were effective in this area in Round 2, 30.1 per cent of the graduates also strongly agreed, showing graduates’ perceptions of their own effectiveness was not as positive as the perceptions their principals had of them.

Overall in Round 2, column totals show that 87.3 per cent of graduates agree or strongly agree they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 89 per cent of principals agree or strongly agree that graduates were effective in this area, showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals.

Overall in Round 3, column totals show that 90.5 per cent of graduates agree or strongly agree they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 92.3 per cent of principals agree or strongly agree that graduates were effective in this area, again showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals, with principals having a slightly more positive opinion than did graduates. These percentages also show a positive trend in effectiveness from Round 2 to Round 3, with graduate and principal perceptions of effectiveness increasing by 3 per cent. This needs to be treated with caution though, as the two rounds of surveys did not contain all the same respondents.

4. 
   Effectiveness in the area of 'Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments'
   

Table 88 shows what graduates and principals said about the graduates’ effectiveness in the area of 'Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments'.

Table 88. Comparison of teacher and principal perceptions on effectiveness in 'Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments'

	Principals
	Strongly disagree		Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree	Total
Graduates
Round 2
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	0.0	33.3	66.7	0.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	8.7	8.7	47.8	34.8	100.0
Agree		2.3	1.5	11.4	47.0	37.9	100.0
Strongly agree		2.6	1.3	6.4	43.6	46.2	100.0
TOTAL		2.1	2.1	9.7	46.2	39.8	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	4.3	1.8	0.0	1.3
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	40.0	8.7	10.1	8.5	9.7
Agree		60.0	40.0	65.2	56.9	53.2	55.9
Strongly agree		40.0	20.0	21.7	31.2	38.3	33.1
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Round 3
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	9.1	18.2	63.6	9.1	100.0
Agree		0.7	2.2	8.8	49.3	39.0	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	0.0	4.2	51.4	44.4	100.0
TOTAL		0.5	1.8	8.1	50.7	38.9	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	5.6	0.9	0.0	0.9
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	25.0	11.1	6.3	1.2	5.0
Agree		100.0	75.0	66.7	59.8	61.6	61.5
Strongly agree		0.0	0.0	16.7	33.0	37.2	32.6
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Note: Round 2 n=236: Teachers: disagree n=3, neither n=23, agree n=132, strongly agree n=78; Principals strongly disagree n=5, disagree n=5, neither n=23, agree n=109, strongly agree n=94; Round 3 n=221: Teachers: disagree n=2, neither n=11, agree n=136, strongly agree n=72; Principals strongly disagree n=1, disagree n=4, neither n=18, agree n=112, strongly agree n=86

The blue highlighted cells in Round 3 show that of the graduates who strongly agreed they were effective in the area of 'Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments', 44.4 per cent of their principals also strongly agreed. Of principals who strongly agreed their graduates were effective in this area in Round 3, only 37.2 per cent of the graduates also strongly agreed, showing again that graduates perceptions of their own effectiveness was not as positive as the perceptions their principals have of them.

Overall in Round 2, column totals show that 89 per cent of graduates agree or strongly agreed they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 86 per cent of principals agree or strongly agree that graduates were effective in this area, showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals.

Overall in Round 3, column totals show that 94.1 per cent of graduates agreed or strongly agree they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 89.6 per cent of principals agree or strongly agreed that graduates were effective in this area, showing a reasonably strong consensus between graduates and principals, but not as strong as in Round 2.

5. 
   Effectiveness in the area of 'Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning'
   

Table 89 shows what graduates and principals said about the graduates’ effectiveness in the area of 'Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning'.

Table 89. Comparison of teacher and principal perceptions on effectiveness in 'Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning'

				Principals
	Strongly disagree		Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree	Total
Graduates
Round 2
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	8.3	16.7	50.0	25.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	7.7	12.8	51.3	28.2	100.0
Agree		0.7	5.9	10.3	57.4	25.7	100.0
Strongly agree		2.0	6.1	8.2	49.0	34.7	100.0
TOTAL		0.8	6.4	10.6	54.2	28.0	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		0.0	6.7	8.0	4.7	4.5	5.1
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	20.0	20.0	15.6	16.7	16.5
Agree		50.0	53.3	56.0	60.9	53.0	57.6
Strongly agree		50.0	20.0	16.0	18.8	25.8	20.8
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Round 3
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							100.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	33.3	66.7	0.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	5.0	25.0	60.0	10.0	100.0
Agree		1.3	1.3	16.8	59.7	20.8	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	2.2	8.7	56.5	32.6	100.0
TOTAL		0.9	1.8	16.3	59.3	21.7	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	5.6	3.1	0.0	2.7
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	25.0	13.9	9.2	4.2	9.0
Agree		100.0	50.0	69.4	67.9	64.6	67.4
Strongly agree		0.0	25.0	11.1	19.8	31.3	20.8
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Note: Round 2 n=236: Teachers: disagree n=12, neither n=39, agree n=136, strongly agree n=49; Principals strongly disagree n=2, disagree n=15, neither n=25, agree n=128, strongly agree n=66; Round 3 n=221: Teachers: disagree n=6, neither n=20, agree n=149, strongly agree n=46; Principals strongly disagree n=2, disagree n=4, neither n=36, agree n=131, strongly agree n=48

The blue highlighted cells in Round 2 show that of the graduates who disagreed they were effective in the area of 'Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning', 8.3 per cent of their principals also disagreed. Of principals who disagreed their graduates were effective in this area in Round 2, 6.7 per cent of the graduates also disagreed. The percentages for disagreement with effectiveness should be treated with caution, as the number of responses in the disagreement categories was very small.

Overall in Round 2, column totals show that 78 per cent of graduates agreed or strongly agreed they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 82.2 per cent of principals agreed or strongly agreed that graduates were effective in this area, showing graduates’ perceptions of their own effectiveness is not as positive as the perceptions their principals had of them.

Overall in Round 3, column totals show that 88.2 per cent of graduates agreed or strongly agreed they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 81 per cent of principals agreed or strongly agreed that graduates were effective in this area, showing a reasonably strong consensus between graduates and principals. Interestingly, there is an increase of 10 percentage points in agreement with effectiveness in this area from respondents who participated in Round 2 to those who participated in Round 3. This suggests a positive change in graduates’ perceptions of their effectiveness in the area of assessment from the first year in teaching to the second.

6. 
   Effectiveness in the area of 'Engage in professional learning'
   

Table 90 shows what graduates and principals said about the graduates’ effectiveness in the area of 'Engage in professional learning'.


Table 90. Comparison of teacher and principal perceptions on effectiveness in 'Engage in professional 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	12.5	25.0	62.5	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	4.8	14.3	28.6	52.4	100.0
Agree		0.0	2.5	7.5	38.3	51.7	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	2.3	4.6	41.4	51.7	100.0
TOTAL		0.0	2.5	7.2	38.1	52.1	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Disagree			0.0	5.9	2.2	4.1	3.4
Neither agree nor disagree			16.7	17.6	6.7	8.9	8.9
Agree			50.0	52.9	51.1	50.4	50.8
Strongly agree			33.3	23.5	40.0	36.6	36.9
TOTAL		-	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Round 3
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree							-
Disagree		0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	66.7	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	0.0	21.4	42.9	35.7	100.0
Agree		0.7	0.7	3.7	47.8	47.1	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	0.0	2.9	39.7	57.4	100.0
TOTAL		0.5	0.5	4.5	44.8	49.8	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	1.0	1.8	1.4
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	0.0	30.0	6.1	4.5	6.3
Agree		100.0	100.0	50.0	65.7	58.2	61.5
Strongly agree		0.0	0.0	20.0	27.3	35.5	30.8
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Note: Round 2 n=236: Teachers: disagree n=8, neither n=21, agree n=121, strongly agree n=87; Principals strongly disagree n=0, disagree n=6, neither n=17, agree n=90, strongly agree n=123; Round 3 n=221: Teachers: disagree n=3, neither n=14, agree n=136, strongly agree n=68; Principals strongly disagree n=1, disagree n=1, neither n=10, agree n=99, strongly agree n=110
The blue highlighted cells in Round 3 show that of the graduates who strongly agreed they were effective in the area of 'Engage in professional learning', 57.4 per cent of their principals also strongly agreed. Of principals who strongly agreed their graduates were effective in this area in Round 3, only 35.5 per cent of the graduates also strongly agreed, showing that graduates perceptions of their own effectiveness was not as positive as the perceptions their principals had of them in this key area.

Overall in Round 2, column totals show that 87.7 per cent of graduates agreed or strongly agreed they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 90.2 per cent of principals agreed or strongly agreed that graduates were effective in this area, showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals.

Overall in Round 3, column totals show that 92.3 per cent of graduates agreed or strongly agreed they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 94.6 per cent of principals agreed or strongly agreed that graduates were effective in this area, also showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals. These percentages, over the two rounds, also confirms that for this key area, principals generally were more likely than graduates to agree that their graduates were effective in this area.

7. 
   Effectiveness in the area of 'Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community'
   

Table 91 below shows what graduates and principals said about the graduates’ effectiveness in the area of 'Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community'.

Table 91. Comparison of teacher and principal perceptions on effectiveness in 'Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community'

	Principals
	Strongly disagree		Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree	Total
Graduates
Round 2
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0
Disagree		0.0	10.0	30.0	40.0	20.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	0.0	14.6	58.5	26.8	100.0
Agree		1.6	3.9	17.8	47.3	29.5	100.0
Strongly agree		0.0	1.8	7.3	47.3	43.6	100.0
TOTAL		0.8	3.0	15.7	48.7	31.8	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.4
Disagree		0.0	14.3	8.1	3.5	2.7	4.2
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	0.0	16.2	20.9	14.7	17.4
Agree		100.0	71.4	62.2	53.0	50.7	54.7
Strongly agree		0.0	14.3	10.8	22.6	32.0	23.3
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Round 3
		Row percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0
Disagree		0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.0	100.0
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	0.0	31.0	44.8	24.1	100.0
Agree		0.8	3.1	13.0	49.6	33.6	100.0
Strongly agree		1.8	1.8	7.1	58.9	30.4	100.0
TOTAL		0.9	2.3	14.9	51.1	30.8	100.0
		Column percentages
Strongly disagree		0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Disagree		0.0	0.0	6.1	1.8	0.0	1.8
Neither agree nor disagree		0.0	0.0	27.3	11.5	10.3	13.1
Agree		50.0	80.0	51.5	57.5	64.7	59.3
Strongly agree		50.0	20.0	12.1	29.2	25.0	25.3
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Note: Round 2 n=236: Teachers: strongly disagree n=1, disagree n=10, neither n=41, agree n=129, strongly agree n=55; Principals strongly disagree n=2, disagree n=7, neither n=37, agree n=115, strongly agree n=75; Round 3 n=221: Teachers: strongly disagree n=1, disagree n=4, neither n=29, agree n=131, strongly agree n=56; Principals strongly disagree n=2, disagree n=5, neither n=33, agree n=113, strongly agree n=68

Overall in Round 2, column totals show that 78 per cent of graduates agreed or strongly agreed they were effective in the area of 'Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community', and row totals show that 80.5 per cent of principals agreed or strongly agreed that graduates were effective in this area, showing a strong consensus between graduates and principals. This area also had a considerable percentage of graduates and principals who had no opinion of graduates’ effectiveness in this area (17.4 per cent and 15.7 per cent, respectively).

Overall in Round 3, column totals show that 84.6 per cent of graduates agreed or strongly agreed they were effective in this area, and row totals show that 81.9 per cent of principals agreed or strongly agreed that graduates were effective in this area, showing a reasonably strong consensus between graduates and principals. It also suggests that by the beginning of their second year of teaching, more graduates were in agreement on their effectiveness in this area than at the end of their first year (84.6 per cent compared to 78 per cent), whilst principal opinions remained fairly static. There was a slightly larger percentage of principals than graduates who neither agreed nor disagreed in Round 3 (14.9 per cent compared to 13.1 per cent).