Monitoring Teacher Supply 2009

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The 2009 Monitoring Teacher Supply report provides the Ministry with a snapshot of the number of entitlement staffing vacancies and re-advertised vacancies in schools at the start of Term 1, how these vacancies are being covered and, in the case of secondary schools, in what subject areas pressure points are occurring.

Author(s): Lisa Ng and Megan Lee, Research Division [Ministry of Education]

Date Published: May 2009

Appendix Tables

**Appendix Table 1: The year in which overseas-trained teachers (teaching at schools in 2008) began teaching in New Zealand**
Overseas-trained teachers in schools as at the first day of Term 1, 2008	Primary (headcount)	Secondary (headcount)	Total (headcount)
Overseas-trained teachers who began in 2007	177	218	395
Overseas-trained teachers who began in (at the beginning of) 2008	89	170	259
TOTAL	266	388	654

**Appendix Table 2: Characteristics of schools in which ‘relatively new’⁷ overseas-trained teachers were employed in 2008**
	Schools		Overseas-trained Teachers
	Number	% of all schools	Number (headcount)	% of all teachers a
Total	375	16.2	654	1.4
Primary	194	10.1	266	1.0
Secondary	181	46.1	388	1.8
Locality
Main Urban (population > 30,000)	250	20.6	464	1.4
Secondary Urban (10,000 to 30,000)	37	24.2	64	1.8
Minor Urban (1,000 to 9,999)	50	18.2	83	1.4
Rural (< 1,000)	38	5.6	43	0.9
Māori Roll (quartiles)
0% to <9.5%	103	17.9	183	1.4
9.5% to <18.4%	108	18.6	182	1.3
18.4% to <36.7%	107	18.5	190	1.6
36.7% to 100%	57	9.8	99	1.1
Socio-economic indicator
Deciles 1–3	105	15.5	183	1.5
Deciles 4–7	145	15.4	260	1.3
Deciles 8–10	125	18.0	211	1.3
a ‘Percentage of all teachers’ is based on a headcount of all teachers, from schools who have responded to the survey, and on the payroll during pay period ending 26 February 2008.

**Appendix Table 3: Characteristics of schools in which beginning first year teachers were employed in 2008**
	Schools		Beginning Teachers
	Number	% of all schools	Number (headcount)	% of all teachers a
Total	1,124	48.5	2,223	4.6
Primary	824	42.8	1,365	5.0
Secondary	300	76.3	858	4.1
Locality
Main Urban (population > 30,000)	735	60.6	1,616	4.8
Secondary Urban (10,000 to 30,000)	90	58.8	152	4.2
Minor Urban (1,000 to 9,999)	147	53.6	259	4.4
Rural (< 1,000)	152	22.4	196	4.1
Māori Roll (quartiles) a
0% to <9.5%	288	49.9	603	4.6
9.5% to <18.4%	317	54.5	639	4.5
18.4% to <36.7%	275	47.5	568	4.6
36.7% to 100%	244	42.1	413	4.8
Socio-economic indicator
Deciles 1–3	334	49.2	629	5.2
Deciles 4–7	443	47.0	878	4.4
Deciles 8–10	347	49.9	716	4.4
a ‘Percentage of all teachers’ is based on a headcount of all teachers, from schools who have responded to the survey, and on the payroll during pay period ending 26 February 2008.

Footnote

‘Relatively new’ overseas teachers are defined as those overseas teachers who began teaching in New Zealand for the first time in either 2007 or 2008.

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