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Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Directorate for Education Education and Training Policy Division Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers Country Note: Austria Françoise Delannoy, Phillip McKenzie, Stefan Wolter and Ben van der Ree1 This report is based on a study visit to Austria in April-May 2003, and background documents prepared to support the visit. A draft report was sent to Austria for feedback in November 2003. Following the receipt of feedback in April 2004, minor revisions were made to the draft. The report is based on the situation in Austria up to the period April – May 2003. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Austria, the OECD or its Member countries. 1. Ben van der Ree died on 29 June, 2003. He made substantial contributions to the work during the Austrian visit and in preparing drafts for this report. He was a fine educator and a valued team member, and he is deeply missed. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Purposes of the OECD Review ........................................................................................................ 4 1.2 The Participation of Austria ............................................................................................................. 5 1.3 Structure of the Country Note .......................................................................................................... 6 2: THE CONTEXT AND FEATURES OF TEACHER POLICY ................................................................. 6 2.1 Social Context .................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Economic Context ............................................................................................................................ 7 2.3 Education Governance...................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Education Funding ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.5 The School System........................................................................................................................... 9 2.6 Teachers’ Initial Education............................................................................................................. 11 2.7 The Labour Market for Teachers.................................................................................................... 12 2.8 Teachers’ Professional Development............................................................................................. 14 2.9 Teacher Workload and Roles ......................................................................................................... 15 2.10 Teachers’ Career Structure ....................................................................................................... 16 3: STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES IN TEACHER POLICY .............................................................. 17 3.1 Governance and Funding................................................................................................................ 18 3.2 Initial Teacher Education ............................................................................................................... 18 3.3 The Labour Market for Teachers.................................................................................................... 19 3.4 In-Service Teacher Education ........................................................................................................ 20 3.5 Teacher Roles and Work Organisation........................................................................................... 21 3.6 Leadership in Schools .................................................................................................................... 22 3.7 Teacher Evaluation and Accountability ......................................................................................... 23 3.8 Teachers’ Career, Compensation and Incentives ........................................................................... 24 4: POINTERS FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT......................................................................................... 24 4.1 Attracting Able People into the Profession .................................................................................... 25 4.2 Educating and Developing Teachers.............................................................................................. 27 4.3 Recruiting, Selecting and Assigning Teachers............................................................................... 31 4.4 Retaining Effective Teachers ......................................................................................................... 31 5: CONCLUDING COMMENTS ................................................................................................................ 34 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................. 35 APPENDIX 1: THE OECD REVIEW TEAM ............................................................................................. 37 2 APPENDIX 2: NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR AND NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE............ 38 APPENDIX 3: PROGRAMME OF THE REVIEW VISIT ......................................................................... 39 APPENDIX 4: COMPARATIVE INDICATORS ON TEACHERS ........................................................... 41 APPENDIX 5: SUMMARY OF POLICY POINTERS AND STRATEGIC STRANDS............................ 43 3 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purposes of the OECD Review 1. This Country Note for Austria forms part of the OECD activity Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers. This is a collaborative project to assist the design and implementation of policies to improve teaching and learning in schools. 2. The activity was launched by the OECD’s Education Committee in March 2002. OECD Education Ministers placed great importance on teachers in their 2001 Communiqué Investing in Competencies for All. They set out a challenging agenda for schools in responding to rapidly changing needs and providing the foundations for lifelong learning. The Ministers drew a clear connection between the challenges facing schools and need to attract and retain high-quality teachers and school principals. 3. The project’s purposes, analytical framework and methodology are detailed in OECD (2002a). The main objectives are: • To synthesise research on issues related to policies concerned with attracting, recruiting, retaining and developing effective teachers; • To identify innovative and successful policy initiatives and practices; • To facilitate exchanges of lessons and experiences among countries; and • To identify options for policymakers to consider. 4. The Activity is focused on primary and secondary schools. It encompasses vocational programmes that serve secondary students, and special education programmes that enrol students of school age. While the major focus is on teachers, the scope includes other staff working in schools, and the ways in which their roles interact with those of teachers. 5. The project involves two complementary approaches: an Analytical Review strand; and a Thematic Country Review strand. The Analytical Review strand is using several means -- country background reports, literature reviews, data analyses and commissioned papers -- to analyse the factors that shape attracting, developing and retaining effective teachers, and possible policy responses. All of the 25 countries involved in the activity are taking part in this strand. In addition, 10 of the countries have chosen to participate in a Thematic Country Review, which involves external review teams analysing teacher policies in those countries. 6. Austria was the fourth country to host a review visit, and this Country Note is the report from the review team. The reviewers comprised the OECD Secretariat, and educational researchers and policy makers from France, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The team is listed in Appendix 1. 4 1.2 The Participation of Austria 7. Austria’s involvement in the OECD activity is being organised by a National Co-ordinator (Mme Dagmar Hackl from the federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture to November 2003 and from May 2004; and Mr Josef Neumüller and Ms Sonja Euller from the federal Ministry from November 2003 to May 2004), and a National Advisory Committee that represents the main stakeholder groups concerned with teacher policy in Austria. The membership of the Committee is detailed in Appendix 2. 8. An important part of Austria’s involvement was the preparation of a comprehensive and informative Country Background Report (CBR) on teacher policy. This was prepared by Mme Dagmar Hackl with assistance from colleagues in the federal Ministry and the National Advisory Committee, and based on common questions and guidelines from the OECD. 9. The background report for Austria provides extensive information, and discussion in regard to: the national context; the organisation and education of teachers; attracting new teachers; the training, development of teachers; recruitment, selection and allocation of teachers; keeping qualified teachers in schools; and the views of key stakeholders. Some
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