Education

Teachers (Includes all schools and Polytechnic)
Teachers
employed
Position FTE Number
Base grade teachers 3,801.39 4,668
Advanced skills teachers 524.99 557
Principals and assistant principals 497.45 493
Total 4,823.83 5,718
Employment
status of
teachers
Employment status Average age Number
Female
Full-time fixed term 33.84 189
Full-time permanent 45.70 2,105
Part-time fixed term 42.27 278
Part-time permanent 46.31 1,633
All female 45.18 4,205
Male
Full-time fixed term 36.35 86
Full-time permanent 45.43 1,042
Part-time fixed term 40.96 117
Part-time permanent 46.36 268
All male 44.76 1,513
All teachers 45.07 5,718
Average age
of teachers
2011 2012 2013
Position F M F M F M
Base grade teachers 44.0 44.1 44.6 44.1 44.57 44.39
Advanced skills teachers 46.9 45.8 47.3 45.6 46.87 46.79
Principals and assistant principals 50.5 49.6 49.9 49.5 50.03 49.60
Age
distribution
of principals
and assistant
principals
Age group Number
25–29 3
30–34 22
35–39 27
40–44 58
Gender
distribution
in promoted
positions
Position F M Total
Advanced skills teachers 374 183 557
Principals and assistant principals 306 187 493
Total 680 370 1,050
45–49 66
50–54 158
55–59 134
60–64 20
65+ 5
Total 493
Qualifications of teachers and other professional staff 1
Percentage of teachers and other professional staff who were four or five-year trained (based on the total number of
base grade staff):
2011 2012 2013
4 year-trained 78% 77% 76%
5 year-trained 18% 19% 20%
1. This figure does not include Polytechnic teachers.
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