Leadership for Literacy 2017

South Africa, 2017

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ZAF_2017_LFL_v01_M

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Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP)

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Data file: educator_feb_clean

Variables:	92

Variables

schoolid

UNIQUE school identifier

barcode

province

BACKGROUND

t_grades_0

1_3_0 Grades taught: Gr. R

t_grades_1

1_3_1 Grades taught: Gr.1 to 3

t_grades_2

1_3_2 Grades taught: Gr. 4 - 6

t_grades_3

1_3_3 Grades taught: Gr 7

t_school

1_4 Are you a teacher in this school?

t_smt

1_5 Are you a SMT member in this school?

t_subjecthl

1_6_1 a. Teaches home language?

t_subjecteng

1_6_2 b. Teaches English?

t_posthear_0

1_7_0 Heard about current teaching post in Government gazette

t_posthear_1

1_7_1 Heard about current teaching post in Local Newspaper

t_posthear_2

1_7_2 Heard about current teaching post: Principal informed me

t_posthear_3

1_7_3 Heard about current teaching post: Teacher told me

t_posthear_4

1_7_4 Heard about your current teaching post: SGB member told me

t_posthear_5

1_7_5 Heard about your current teaching post: Other

LEADERSHIP_VISION

t_lead

2_1 Educator is currently responsible for leading any school task/project?

t_visionb

2_2 Ever involved in a process of setting vision/mission of this school?

t_goals

2_3 Has SMT in this school defined clear targets for school performance?

t_parameters_0

2_4_0 End of year exam results used most by SMT to track school performance

t_parameters_1

2_4_1 Quarterly assessments/tests used most by SMT to track school performance

t_parameters_2

2_4_2 Learners' ability to read used most by SMT to track school performance

t_parameters_3

2_4_3 Repetition and dropout used most by SMT to track school performance

t_parameters_4

2_4_4 Teacher absenteeism used most by SMT to track school performance

t_parameters_5

2_4_5 Learner absenteeism used most by SMT to track school performance

t_parameters_6

2_4_6 Measures of student behaviour used most by SMT to track school performance

t_parameters_7

2_4_7 Factors used most by the SMT to track school performance: Other

t_visiona

2_5_1 a. Principal leads staff to work to a clear common purpose.

t_rolenb

2_5_2 b. Principal makes me feel I play an important role in this school.

t_expected

2_5_3 c. I know exactly what is expected of me from SMT.

t_childa

2_6 Would you be happy to enroll your own child in this school?

t_university

2_7 % of learners in this school you think will go on to university?

READING_TEACHING

t_readblame

3_1 Factor most to blame for why some learners cannot read well and with underst

t_ltsma

3_2 Enough LTSM resources to teach your class?

t_ltsmb

3_3 Quality of the LTSM resources you have to teach your class?

t_changeplan

3_4 How often alter what you planned to teach to match ability level of learners

t_separateability

3_5 How often do you separate learners in your class into ability groups?

t_easierwork

3_6 How often easier work given to learners who cannot keep up with others?

t_booksathome

3_7 Approximately, how many books are there in your home?

ABSENTEEISM_TIME

t_labsent

4_1 % of learners in your classes absent on an average day?

t_freeave

4_2 Generally, how many free periods do teachers in this school get per day?

t_freeip

4_3 How many free periods do you get per day?

t_absent

4_4 How many days in the past month have you been absent from school?

SUPPORT_ACCOUNTABILITY

t_curricplana

5_1 Written plan/ schedule /tool to know how much of the curriculum you have tau

t_curricplanb

5_2 How often does HOD check to see how much of the curriculum you have taught?

t_bestpracticeb

5_3 How often do SMT encourage you to adopt new teaching practices in classroom?

t_principalobs

5_4 How often principal observes you teaching in class?

t_hodobs

5_5 How often HOD comes to your class to observe you teaching

t_obsfeedback

5_6 Type of feedback received when SMT member last observed you teaching a lesso

t_discaction

5_7 Likelihood of disciplinary action if teachers don't do their job properly in

t_jobproperly

5_8 When last noticed other teachers in this school failing to do their job prop

t_poorperf

5_9 When last you reported misconduct/ poor performance of another teacher to SM

t_praise

5_10 When last you received recognition or praise from SMT for good work?

CONSULTATION_COMM

t_valueideas

6_1 How much does the principal listen to teachers' ideas /opinions about curric

t_mgtimprove

6_2 How much has school management guided you to improve as a teacher?

t_consult

6_3 How often principal consults teachers on decisions/developments that affect

t_conflicta

6_4 How often is there conflict between teachers and school management?

t_conflictb

6_5 How often does management take action to address teachers not doing job prop

t_conflictc

6_6 How good is school management at resolving conflicts with staff when they ar

MEETINGS

t_discussmarksa

7_1 Last year, how often met one-on-one with principal to talk about your class

t_meetinga

7_2 Frequency of staff meetings where the principal reviews/discusses overall pe

t_meetfail

7_3_1 a. Staff meetings in last 6 months: staff failures in meeting goals for im

t_meetsuc

7_3_2 b. Staff meetings in last 6 months: staff successes in meeting goals for i

t_meetassign

7_3_3 c. Staff meetings in last 6 months: assigned key tasks or projects to spe

t_meetmethod

7_4 Discussed in staff meetings: new teaching strategies to support learners who

t_parentmeet

7_5 When last met with parent of a learner in your class to discuss child's acad

UNIONS

t_unionsa

8_1 How good are unions for the quality of education at this school?

t_unionsc

8_2 Principal's relationship with unions?

t_unionsb

8_3 How often does principal consult unions on school decisions/ developments th

t_unionsd

8_4 How do unions affect your work in this school?

t_unionpull

8_5 Days in this term teachers been taken out from class for union-related event

PARENTS

t_parenta

9_1_1 Teachers at this school keep parents informed about children's progress.

t_parentb

9_1_2 Parents in this school are interested in children's academic progress.

t_labsentcom

9_2 Teachers communication with the parents of frequently absent learners?

HOW_YOU_FEEL

t_liketeach

10_1 How much do you like teaching in this school?

t_liketeachsub

10_2 How much do you like teaching your subject?

t_likelearners

10_3 How much do you like the learners you teach?

t_monday

10_4 When you wake up on a Monday morning, how do you feel about going to work?

t_happysmt

10_5 How happy are you with this school's SMT?

t_feelsafe

10_6 How safe do you feel in this school?

t_feelstressed

10_7 How stressed do you feel in this school?

Total: 92

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