1.In which setting do you teach?

Primary school

Secondary school

Central/community school

Distance education centre

School for specific purpose

Multi-campus college

Support class

Non-school based

Other

2.Which of the following best describes your current employment?

Permanent

Temporary

Casual

3.Which of the following best describes your position at the school?

Principal

School executive (including deputy principal, assistant principal, head teacher)

Classroom teacher

School counsellor

Specialist teacher

Other

4.Which of the following best describes your role in Federation?

Fed Rep

Women's Contact

Committee Member

Member

5.Which electorate do you work in?
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AlburyAuburnBadgerys CreekBallinaBalmainBankstownBarwonBathurstBegaBlacktownBlue MountainsCabramattaCamdenCampbelltownCanterburyCastle HillCessnockCharlestownClarenceCoffs HarbourCoogeeCootamundraCronullaDavidsonDrummoyneDubboEast HillsEppingFairfieldGosfordGoulburnGranvilleHawkesburyHeathcoteHeffronHolsworthyHornsbyKeiraKellyvilleKiamaKogarahLake MacquarieLane CoveLeppingtonLismoreLiverpoolLondonderryMacquarie FieldsMaitlandManlyMaroubraMirandaMonaroMount DruittMurrayMyall LakesNewcastleNewtownNorth ShoreNorthern TablelandsOatleyOrangeOxleyParramattaPenrithPittwaterPort MacquariePort StephensProspectRiverstoneRockdaleRydeShellharbourSouth CoastStrathfieldSummer HillSwanseaSydneyTamworthTerrigalThe EntranceTweedUpper HunterVaucluseWagga WaggaWahroongaWakehurstWallsendWilloughbyWinston HillsWollondillyWollongongWyong

6.How long have you worked as a teacher in a NSW public school?

0–5 years

6–10 years

11–15 years

16–20 years

More than 20 years

7.Since you began teaching, how has the complexity of your students' needs changed?

Increased significantly

Increased somewhat

Stayed about the same

Decreased

8.In your classroom experience, which of the following have increased throughout your career? (Select all that apply)

Students requiring individual learning adjustments

Students with disabilities learning in mainstream classes

Students needing wellbeing or mental health support

Students learning English as an additional language or dialect

The range of abilities and needs in a single class

Behavioural support needs

9.Do you have enough preparation time to properly plan and prepare for the needs of the students you teach?

Yes

No

*10.If you had an additional two hours of preparation time each week, which of the following would be the best use of that time to help you better meet your students' needs? (Select up to three)(Required.)

Plan and adapt lessons for individual students

Prepare materials and adjustments for students with additional needs

Follow up on student wellbeing

Collaborate with colleagues

Work with therapists, specialists and support staff around a student's needs

Mark student work and give proper feedback

Contact and work with parents and carers

11.Tell us about a student for whom you could do more if you had the time. What would that extra preparation time let you do for them?

12.In a typical week, how much of your unpaid personal time do you spend on planning and preparation tasks that you cannot fit into regular school hours?

None

1–3 hours

4–6 hours

7–10 hours

More than 10 hours

13.Is your unpaid work, outside school hours, a direct result of not having enough preparation time?

Yes

No

14.Describe what preparation and planning look like in your own time. When and where do you end up doing the work there isn't time for during the school day?

15.Would an additional two hours of guaranteed preparation time each week make you more likely to continue teaching in a NSW public school?

Yes

No

Unsure

16.Has a lack of preparation time ever made you consider leaving the teaching profession?

Yes

No

17.Do you think assistant principals and deputy principals in primary schools should have the same release time guaranteed through the school's staffing entitlement as their secondary colleagues?

Yes

No

18.Do you agree that the union should be campaigning for a 50 per cent reduction in face-to-face teaching time for teaching principals?

Yes

No