SA School Library Survey

Term 4 2008

Methodology

Survey mailed to all SA schools

Online survey tool (Moodle)

Fax and mail responses entered into online form

Respondents = 360

SA Total Schools

DECS=575 (76%) Catholic=80 (11%) Independent=98 (13%)

School levels

Prim = 227

Sec = 74

Other = 59

Library experience of staff

Teaching experience of staff

Succession planning

Teaching staff library quals

Qualifications assistant staff

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

Teacher librarian allocations

84 out of 360 (23%) schools reported NO teacher librarian allocation

Student : Teacher Librarian ratio rangelowest: 134 : 1 (Area School)

highest: 4500 : 1 (Country H.S. ie part-time TL)

average ratio across all types of school 609 : 1

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

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

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

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

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

SLASA membership

Further analysis

SLASA newsletters

SLASA website: Advocacy menu

Comparison with ASLA-ECU national survey data

Attempt to get quantitative responses from non-respondent schools