As teachers you can complete the ATWD Teacher Survey and be part of this national initiative
The ATWD Teacher Survey is the teachers’ voice in the ATWD. By completing the annual Teacher Survey, your experiences will be included in the national picture we are building of the teaching profession. The Teacher Survey will add to the data in the ATWD and provide greater insights into the career pathways and work experiences of teachers across Australia. This includes:
- teaching loads
- how often do teachers teach out-of-field and how are they supported to do this
- how many graduating teachers receive an induction
- understanding the development of early career teachers
- the prevalence of contract employment
- the retention rate of teachers in the first five years
- how long teachers stay in the profession.
If you're a registered teacher, you’ll be receiving a personal link to your Teacher Survey by your teacher regulatory authority. Dates and more details about this are below. Your participation is voluntary, however your voice is very important. The more teachers we hear from, the more complete the overall national picture will be. The survey takes no longer than 10 minutes to complete.
If you’re a school leader or early childhood service leader, we’d love if you could encourage teachers at your school or early childhood service to participate.
When you can complete the ATWD Teacher Survey
The ATWD Teacher Survey is rolled out every year between September and April. Teacher regulatory authorities are providing links to the ATWD Teacher Survey to all their registered teachers either at re-registration or by email. Watch out for your 2019 invitation from your regulatory authority.
| Jurisdiction | Timing |
| Queensland | Complete: Survey closed on 12 Sep 2019 |
| Victoria | Complete: Survey closed on 6 Dec 2019 |
Northern Territory | Link to the ATWD Teacher Survey being emailed by TRB NT on 24 Feb |
| South Australia | Link to the ATWD Teacher Survey being emailed by TRB SA on 24 Feb |
| New South Wales | In progress: link to the ATWD Teacher Survey emailed by NESA on 17 Feb |
Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania | Survey opens in 2020: details to come. |
| Western Australia | We anticipate that teachers in Western Australia will participate in the ATWD from mid to late 2020. |
What if I can't find my survey link / email?
Important: If you’re unable to find your survey link, please contact the AITSL ATWD team at [email protected]. Please note, links to surveys are unique and can only be used once.
Your privacy is protected
The ATWD complies with all Commonwealth, state and territory privacy legislation. No personal information is included in the ATWD and individual teachers cannot be identified. All data, including the Teacher Survey data, will be de-identified by the AIHW before being incorporated into the ATWD. Find out more about data security & privacy.