Table 7.
Extent of registered ECTs’ agreement with recommendation 5 in AITSL’s teacher review
| Whole sample | QLD | NSW | VIC | SA | ACT | WA | TAS | NT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 406 | n = 32 | n = 231 | n = 61 | n = 30 | n = 5 | n = 3 | n = 3 | n = 3 | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| I would like all ECTs in Australia who work with children in the birth—5 years age group register under a consistent national system with primary and secondary school teachers | 3.86 (1.15) | 4.03 (0.97) | 3.72 (1.22) | 4.11 (1.00) | 3.97 (0.93) | 4.80 (0.44) | 3.50 (1.73) | 4.33 (0.58) | 4.67 (0.58) |
| Instead of introducing a national system of teacher registration for ECTs working with children in the birth—5 years age group, I would like government funding to be used to provide ECTs with ongoing access to quality professional development and men | 3.88 (1.12) | 3.88 (1.04) | 3.89 (1.15) | 3.90 (1.14) | 3.87 (0.97) | 4.00 (1.00) | 4.25 (0.96) | 3.67 (0.58) | 2.00 (1.00) |
| I would like a national system of registration for ECTs introduced that provides ECTs with funding to access quality professional development and mentors to support ECTs’ transition from provisional to proficient | 4.28 (0.80) | 4.28 (0.77) | 4.32 (0.81) | 4.20 (0.87) | 4.10 (0.71) | 4.80 (0.45) | 4.50 (0.58) | 4.33 (0.58) | 4.00 (1.00) |
All items were rated on a 5-point scale from 1: Strongly disagree, 2: Disagree, 3: Neither agree nor disagree, 4: Agree, 5: Strongly agree
There was no significant difference across states/territories, Pillai’s Trace = .08, F(21, 1083) = 1.40, ηp2 = .026, p = .11. Listwise Ns are reported