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Overview of results of school library staffing survey conducted by the School Library Association of South Australia in Term 4 2008
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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