CASE STUDY – TEACHER WORKLOAD STUDY

Malatest Solution

This time use study was conducted in two phases, including a pilot study to design and evaluate the time use log and a full study that included the collection of comprehensive time use data from teachers and administrators over a 10-month period.

The core data collection activity, the time use diary, required teachers and administrators to complete a daily log of activities for a week. In addition to the time use diary, teachers and school administrators completed two rounds of a summer time allocation survey and a workplace experience survey. Central office staff completed a workplace experience survey and a survey to estimate their work hours.

We developed a comprehensive data collection system that included communication materials, and supported sample management, as well as the administration of the time use log to thousands of teachers and administrators and hundreds of central office staff. The data collected was cleaned and coded using complex cleaning rules developed in consultation with the client to ensure that the findings were reliable and appropriately reflected the scope and scale of work completed by Alberta teachers across the year.

Finalized data was used to help guide future policy discussions and work negotiations amongst the Government of Alberta, the Alberta Teachers’ Association, and the Alberta School Boards Association.