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Workforce reports and surveys help us to understand changes in the teacher job market and learn more about the teaching workforce at a state and national level.

The information can assist us to plan for a quality and sustainable teaching workforce.

Qualified teachers and the teacher workforce in ºÚÁϳԹÏ

The labour market and demographic profile of qualified teachers and the teacher workforce in SA report 2006 – 2011 (PDF 1 MB) provides a demographic profile of all qualified teachers and the teacher workforce in ºÚÁϳԹÏ.

ºÚÁϳԹÏn university teacher education students

Teacher education reports provide a profile of university students studying teacher education courses offered by ºÚÁϳԹÏn universities:

• SA university teacher education students summary June 2024 (includes trends up to 2022) (PDF 938 KB)
• SA university teacher education students summary December 2022 (includes trends up to 2021) (PDF 302 KB)
• SA university teacher education students summary December 2021 (includes trends up to 2020) (PDF 303 KB)
• SA university teacher education students summary December 2020 (includes trends up to 2019) (PDF 700 KB)
• SA university teacher education students summary December 2019 (includes trends up to 2018) (PDF 793 KB) .

Schools Australia reports

provide annual data on:

• numbers of schools, students and staff for all Australian states and territories
• measures of student engagement
• ratios of full-time equivalent (FTE) students to FTE teaching staff.

The reports are released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics using data from the National Schools Statistics Collection (NSSC).

School teacher workforce data – national reports

The Australian Government has funded the development of on the school teacher workforce, including:

• teaching and learning international survey – this focused on the learning environment and working conditions of teachers in schools
• staff in Australia’s schools survey – data was collected from over 17,000 teachers on topics including initial teacher education, employment status, job satisfaction, career paths and intentions
• national teaching workforce dataset – was compiled using data supplied by teacher employers and registration bodies.

National report on schooling in Australia

The Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority's on schooling in Australia covers the annual progress towards the educational goals for young Australians identified in the Melbourne Declaration.

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership reports

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership bring together data on initial teacher education applicants, students and graduates.

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership is responsible for the implementation of the Australian Teacher Workforce Data (ATWD) joint initiative.   A range of information is available initiative and products so far.

National Skills Commission

The provides expert advice and national leadership on Australia’s labour market and current, emerging and future workforce skills needs.  By searching the website a range of information can be sourced specific to the teaching workforce at the national level.

ºÚÁϳԹÏn public sector workforce information

The size, structure and composition of the public sector workforce changes annually. To better understand the workforce, the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment conducts a census every June. collected includes employment details (full-time, part-time or casual, classification) and workforce demographics (age, gender and diversity).

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