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South Australian School Library Survey
Apr 22, 2015
Overview of results of school library staffing survey conducted by the School Library Association of South Australia in Term 4 2008
- 1. SA School Library Survey Term 4 2008
- 2. Methodology
- Survey mailed to all SA schools
- Online survey tool (Moodle)
- Fax and mail responses entered into online form
- 3. Respondents = 360 SA Total Schools DECS=575 (76%) Catholic=80 (11%) Independent=98 (13%)
- 4. School levels
- Prim = 227
- Sec = 74
- Other = 59
- 5. Library experience of staff
- 6. Teaching experience of staff
- 7. Succession planning
- 8. Teaching staff library quals
- 9. Qualifications assistant staff
- 10. Dual qualified staff
- 206 schools reported having a staff member in the library with dual library and teaching qualifications
- 82 schools with TL allocation but no staff member reporting dual qualifications
- 11. Teacher librarian allocations
- 84 out of 360 (23%) schools reported NO teacher librarian allocation
- Student : Teacher Librarian ratio range
- lowest: 134 : 1 (Area School)
- highest: 4500 : 1 (Country H.S. ie part-time TL)
- average ratio across all types of school 609 : 1
- 12. TL allocation primary
- DECS formula recommends average of 473 students per full time TL
- SA primary schools average 514 students to 1 full time TL
- Lowest = 53:1 Highest = 2650:1
- 55 (28%) of SA primary schools have no Teacher Librarian
- 13. TL allocation secondary
- DECS formula recommends average of 467 students to 1 full time TL
- SA Secondary schools average 742 students to 1 full time TL
- Lowest = 187:1 Highest = 4500:1
- 3 SA secondary schools have no Teacher Librarian
- 14. TL allocation other schools
- SA Area/K-12 schools average 519 students to 1 full time TL
- Lowest = 90:1 Highest = 4133:1
- 9 (15%) of South Australian Area schools and K-12 schools have no Teacher Librarian
- 15. Total library staff time
- Average ratio of students per hour of total library staff in SA schools = 8.19
- Lowest ratio = 0.36
- Highest ratio = 45.00
- 16. Library coordinator positions
- 30 schools reported Library Coordinator positions ranging from 0.1 to 1.8 EFT per school
- 5 PS 15 Sec 10 Area/K-12
- 15 Gov 10 Catholic 5 Independent
- 17. SLASA membership
- 18. Further analysis
- SLASA newsletters
- SLASA website: Advocacy menu
- Comparison with ASLA-ECU national survey data
- Attempt to get quantitative responses from non-respondent schools
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