TEACHERS´ DASHBOARD
The attractiveness of the teaching profession
Austria
Austria
TEACHERS´ DASHBOARD
The attractiveness of the teaching profession
Teachers report...
Collegial leadership
Share of teachers agreeing that school provides staff with opportunities to actively participate in school decisions (2018)
Autonomy
Share of teachers who report that they have control over various aspects of their classroom teaching (2018)
Actual teaching time
Average number of hours teaching as a share of total working time during the most recent complete calendar week (2018)
Societal appreciation
Teachers' views of the way society values their profession (2018)
Appraisal...
Yes
No
Missing
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| ...determines CPD needs
YES
Is the determination of professional development needs and activities one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
-
|...determines support needs
YES
Is the determination of needs and access to professional or personal support one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
-
|...enables promotion
NO
Is promotion one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
-
|...enables salary progression
NO
Is salary progression one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
-
|...enables allowances
YES
Are allowances one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
Readiness
Yes
No
Missing
On-the-job training
Minimum length of professional training (including in-school placement) as a share of minimum duration of ITE for lower secondary education (2019-20)
Minimum length of professional training (including in-school placement) as a share of minimum duration of ITE for lower secondary education (2019-20)
Mentoring
Share of novice teachers who have an assigned mentor at the current school (2018)
Share of novice teachers who have an assigned mentor at the current school (2018)
YES
Existence and use of teacher competence frameworks in ITE by top-level authorities (2016-17)
YES
Accreditation of providers of professional development activities for lower or upper secondary education (2021)
Pathways to becoming a teacher
Apart from the mainstream ITE programmes, are there other alternative pathways to obtain a teaching qualification? (2023)
Apart from the mainstream ITE programmes, are there other alternative pathways to obtain a teaching qualification? (2023)
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| Professional-oriented programmes
YES
-
| Employment-based training
NO
-
| Certification or examination
NO
A progressive pay range
Difference between the statutory starting salaries of lower secondary teachers and their salaries after 10 years of service, after 15 years of service and at the top of the pay range (2020-21)
Difference between the statutory starting salaries of lower secondary teachers and their salaries after 10 years of service, after 15 years of service and at the top of the pay range (2020-21)
Teacher salary competitiveness relative to earnings for tertiary-educated workers in lower secondary education (2021)
Teachers earn
13.7% less
than the average worker
Flexibility
Stability
Share of teachers with permanent employment status (2018)
Share of teachers with permanent employment status (2018)
Single-level career structure
Type of career structure for fully qualified lower secondary education teachers (2019-20)
Type of career structure for fully qualified lower secondary education teachers (2019-20)
International mobility
Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 staff mobilities (2019, 2022)
Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 staff mobilities (2019, 2022)
2,646
Cross-border
mobilities in 2022
Up
613
since 2019
Source: Eurydice (various years), Erasmus+ (2023) and OECD (TALIS 2018, Education at a Glance 2023) Note: the indicator selection is based on a 2020 European Commission report (see the 2023 Education and Training Monitor’s comparative report for details); see Monitor Toolbox for all sources and links to country notes.