ETUCE Workers Survey

Survey of young professionals in education sector on representation of their rights and interests

This survey is part of the study Mapping the labour market trends and trade union policies for young members carried out by Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) for the European Trade Union Committee in Education (ETUCE) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).

The results of the survey will be utilised by ETUCE and its member organisations, as well as FES to further improve their work and activities for young professionals in the education sector. The survey is anonymous and the information you will provide in this survey will be treated as confidential.

Completing the questionnaire will take approx. 10 minutes. For some questions, multiple answers are possible. For further questions please contact Lucia Kováčová at lucia.kovacova@celsi.sk.

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* 1. How many years have you been working in the education sector?

0-2

3-5

6-9

10 and more

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* 2. What is the year of your birth?

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* 3. At what level of education do you perform your teaching profession?

Early childhood education

Primary education

Secondary education

University or college

Vocational Education and Training

Adult Learning

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What is a type of your employment contract?

Full-time

Part-time

Free-lancing or self-employment

Temporary employment contract

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Please indicate a country you have been currently performing your teaching profession?

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* 6. Please assess the importance of the following problems you face in your working conditions.

	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of little importance	Unimportant	I do not know
Working time schedule	Working time schedule Very important	Working time schedule Important	Working time schedule Moderately important	Working time schedule Of little importance	Working time schedule Unimportant	Working time schedule I do not know
Level of professional autonomy	Level of professional autonomy Very important	Level of professional autonomy Important	Level of professional autonomy Moderately important	Level of professional autonomy Of little importance	Level of professional autonomy Unimportant	Level of professional autonomy I do not know
Mentoring	Mentoring Very important	Mentoring Important	Mentoring Moderately important	Mentoring Of little importance	Mentoring Unimportant	Mentoring I do not know
Continuous professional development	Continuous professional development Very important	Continuous professional development Important	Continuous professional development Moderately important	Continuous professional development Of little importance	Continuous professional development Unimportant	Continuous professional development I do not know
Extensive usage of temporary employment contracts	Extensive usage of temporary employment contracts Very important	Extensive usage of temporary employment contracts Important	Extensive usage of temporary employment contracts Moderately important	Extensive usage of temporary employment contracts Of little importance	Extensive usage of temporary employment contracts Unimportant	Extensive usage of temporary employment contracts I do not know
High volume of workload	High volume of workload Very important	High volume of workload Important	High volume of workload Moderately important	High volume of workload Of little importance	High volume of workload Unimportant	High volume of workload I do not know
High volume of administrative work	High volume of administrative work Very important	High volume of administrative work Important	High volume of administrative work Moderately important	High volume of administrative work Of little importance	High volume of administrative work Unimportant	High volume of administrative work I do not know
Poor work-life balance policies	Poor work-life balance policies Very important	Poor work-life balance policies Important	Poor work-life balance policies Moderately important	Poor work-life balance policies Of little importance	Poor work-life balance policies Unimportant	Poor work-life balance policies I do not know
Bossing and relations with management	Bossing and relations with management Very important	Bossing and relations with management Important	Bossing and relations with management Moderately important	Bossing and relations with management Of little importance	Bossing and relations with management Unimportant	Bossing and relations with management I do not know
Mobbing and relations with colleagues	Mobbing and relations with colleagues Very important	Mobbing and relations with colleagues Important	Mobbing and relations with colleagues Moderately important	Mobbing and relations with colleagues Of little importance	Mobbing and relations with colleagues Unimportant	Mobbing and relations with colleagues I do not know
High performance pressures	High performance pressures Very important	High performance pressures Important	High performance pressures Moderately important	High performance pressures Of little importance	High performance pressures Unimportant	High performance pressures I do not know
Poor salary conditions	Poor salary conditions Very important	Poor salary conditions Important	Poor salary conditions Moderately important	Poor salary conditions Of little importance	Poor salary conditions Unimportant	Poor salary conditions I do not know
Poor occcupational safety and health policies	Poor occcupational safety and health policies Very important	Poor occcupational safety and health policies Important	Poor occcupational safety and health policies Moderately important	Poor occcupational safety and health policies Of little importance	Poor occcupational safety and health policies Unimportant	Poor occcupational safety and health policies I do not know

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* 7. Please assess the importance of the following problems you face regarding the quality of teaching profession.

	Very Important	Important	Moderately important	Of little importance	Unimportant	I do not know
Quality of continuous professional development programmes	Quality of continuous professional development programmes Very Important	Quality of continuous professional development programmes Important	Quality of continuous professional development programmes Moderately important	Quality of continuous professional development programmes Of little importance	Quality of continuous professional development programmes Unimportant	Quality of continuous professional development programmes I do not know
Trainings to use digital tools in teaching	Trainings to use digital tools in teaching Very Important	Trainings to use digital tools in teaching Important	Trainings to use digital tools in teaching Moderately important	Trainings to use digital tools in teaching Of little importance	Trainings to use digital tools in teaching Unimportant	Trainings to use digital tools in teaching I do not know
Peer-to-peer support	Peer-to-peer support Very Important	Peer-to-peer support Important	Peer-to-peer support Moderately important	Peer-to-peer support Of little importance	Peer-to-peer support Unimportant	Peer-to-peer support I do not know
Autonomy in teaching content	Autonomy in teaching content Very Important	Autonomy in teaching content Important	Autonomy in teaching content Moderately important	Autonomy in teaching content Of little importance	Autonomy in teaching content Unimportant	Autonomy in teaching content I do not know
Networking opportunities with other professionals	Networking opportunities with other professionals Very Important	Networking opportunities with other professionals Important	Networking opportunities with other professionals Moderately important	Networking opportunities with other professionals Of little importance	Networking opportunities with other professionals Unimportant	Networking opportunities with other professionals I do not know
Relationships with parents of pupils/ students	Relationships with parents of pupils/ students Very Important	Relationships with parents of pupils/ students Important	Relationships with parents of pupils/ students Moderately important	Relationships with parents of pupils/ students Of little importance	Relationships with parents of pupils/ students Unimportant	Relationships with parents of pupils/ students I do not know
Relationships with pupils and students	Relationships with pupils and students Very Important	Relationships with pupils and students Important	Relationships with pupils and students Moderately important	Relationships with pupils and students Of little importance	Relationships with pupils and students Unimportant	Relationships with pupils and students I do not know
Problems with school culture or code of conduct	Problems with school culture or code of conduct Very Important	Problems with school culture or code of conduct Important	Problems with school culture or code of conduct Moderately important	Problems with school culture or code of conduct Of little importance	Problems with school culture or code of conduct Unimportant	Problems with school culture or code of conduct I do not know
Poor opportunities to utilize novel ways of teaching	Poor opportunities to utilize novel ways of teaching Very Important	Poor opportunities to utilize novel ways of teaching Important	Poor opportunities to utilize novel ways of teaching Moderately important	Poor opportunities to utilize novel ways of teaching Of little importance	Poor opportunities to utilize novel ways of teaching Unimportant	Poor opportunities to utilize novel ways of teaching I do not know

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* 8. What kind of employee representation is present at your workplace?

Trade union

Workers' trustee

Work council

None

I do not know

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Are you a member of a trade union?

Yes

I do not know