„Der so genannte ‚Papierkram‘, also der Aufwand für Berichte, Dokumentationen, Listen und dergleichen dürfte zeitlich besonders aufwendig sein. 65,2 % sehen das so. Für fast die Hälfte der Befragten ist der Aufwand offenbar viel zu hoch. Daran kann man auch ermessen und verstehen, wie berechtigt die oft erhobene Forderung der Lehrergewerkschaft für eine bürokratische Entlastung der Lehrkräfte und auch Schulleiterinnen und Schulleiter und hinsichtlich mehr Unterstützungs- und Supportpersonal ist.“
Mag. Dr. Jörg Spenger u. a., „Under pressure. Berufsvollzugsprobleme und Belastungen von Lehrpersonen. Eine empirische Studie.“ (2019), S. 33f

„Die Versuchsgruppe klagt vor allem darüber, wie sehr Unterstützungspersonal für den psychosozialen Bereich fehlt. Fast 60 % geben das an. Für fast 44 % ist das sehr belastend.“
Mag. Dr. Jörg Spenger u. a., „Under pressure. Berufsvollzugsprobleme und Belastungen von Lehrpersonen. Eine empirische Studie.“ (2019), S. 34

„Teaching is a profession driven by ethical values and personal motivation. In this sense, teachers could well be satisfied with the teaching profession because it fulfils their personal goals, but at the same time they could be dissatisfied with their current job and working conditions.“

Dr. Tarek Mostafa u. a., „Science teachers’ satisfaction: Evidence from the PISA 2015 teacher survey“ (2018), S. 16

„How teachers are paid, and what proportion of resources are allocated to reducing class sizes, providing better training for teachers and providing more ancillary staff or better facilities, is crucial.“
Varkey Foundation (Hrsg.), „Global Teacher Status Index 2018“ (2018), S. 8

„In Kopenhagen, Zürich oder den USA ist ein Schulpsychologe für 700 bis 1000 Schüler zuständig, hier in Berlin sind es 4000 bis 5000.“

Klaus Seyfried, Leiter des Schulpsychologischen Beratungszentrums Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin, Tagesspiegel online am 4. Juli 2016

„Nicht zuletzt durch die aktuelle Flüchtlingssituation wurde die Notwendigkeit von ausreichend bedarfsgerechter sozialarbeiterischer Tätigkeit an Schulen im vergangenen Jahr evidenter denn je.“

ÖIF (Hrsg.), „Integrationsbericht 2016“ (2016), S. 47

Österreich: „The lack of administrative support staff will make it difficult to give schools greater autonomy as this implies more tasks and responsibilities for school leaders.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 187

„In Finland, for example, a special teacher who is specifically trained to work with struggling students is assigned to each school and works closely with teachers to identify students who need extra help. Multi-professional care groups, consisting of the school principal, special education teacher, the school nurse, the school psychologist, a social worker, teachers and parents, meet periodically to discuss individual students’ learning progress.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 143

Österreich: „According to lower secondary principals’ reports, there was one administrative or managerial staff available for about 23 teachers, compared to a TALIS average ratio of 1 to 8, by far the worst ratio among participating countries. When looking at the ratio of administrative staff to students, the picture is similar. In Austria, there was one administrative or managerial staff for 221 students.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 171

Finnland: „Each school has a group of staff that meets twice a month to assess the success of individual classrooms and potential concerns within classrooms. This group, comprising the principal, the school nurse, the special education teacher, the school psychologist, a social worker, and the classroom teachers, determines whether problems exist, as well as how to rectify them.“

Weltbank (Hrsg.), „How Shanghai Does It“ (2016), S. 64

Österreich: „According to school principals’ reports, in 2008 there was one pedagogical support worker for 24 teachers, compared to a ratio of 1 to 13 on average across countries participating in the survey. This was the worst ratio of any country in the survey …“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 176

„There was one pedagogical support staff for 263 students in Austria. This was, however, still much less than in various other countries like Denmark, Hungary, Norway and Poland. In Norway, the country with the lowest ratio, there was one pedagogical support worker for 78 students.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 176

Österreich: „School principals and teachers have to take over many of the related tasks. This takes away time and focus for teaching and learning, which teachers generally value very highly.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 186

Österreich: „The lack of administrative support staff will make it difficult to give schools greater autonomy as this implies more tasks and responsibilities for school leaders.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 187

Österreich: „The lack of pedagogical support staff is also of concern considering the apparent problem of bullying in schools. According to data from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey for 2009/10, 40 % of children aged 11, 13 and 15 reported having been bullied at school at least once in the past couple of months.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 176

„In 2010, 23.3 percent of comprehensive school students in Finland received extra instruction from a school-based Special Needs Education Teacher in the subjects in which the student needed help. Of this group, 12 percent received aid for a speech disorder, 40.5 percent received help in reading or writing, 23.7 percent for learning difficulties in mathematics, 9 percent for learning difficulties in foreign languages, 5.5 percent for adjustment difficulties or emotional disorders, and 8.9 percent for other learning difficulties.“

Weltbank (Hrsg.), „How Shanghai Does It“ (2016), S. 64

„In Finnland werden Lernschwächen viel früher diagnostiziert und auch behandelt. Dazu gibt es Unterstützungspersonal wie Logopäden, Sozialarbeiter oder Psychologen.“

Univ.-Prof. DDr. Christiane Spiel, Kurier online am 9. Juli 2015

USA: „It may be surprising to learn that there are as many non-teaching adults as there are teachers in U.S. public schools.“

www.brookings.edu am 14. Jänner 2015

„The number of support staff in schools more than doubled in the United Kingdom in ten years, from 134 000 in 1997 to 346 000 in 2009, with teaching assistants representing 52 % of this group.“

Francesc Masdeu Navarro, „Learning support staff: A literature review“ (2015), S. 8

„The United Kingdom and the United States have the highest average ratio of support staff, with 15.5 teacher aides and teaching/research assistants per 1 000 students. These two countries have experienced significant increases of learning support staff in recent years.“

Francesc Masdeu Navarro, „Learning support staff: A literature review“ (2015), S. 8

Finnland: „Each school has at least one special teacher, trained to help struggling students. The special teacher is tasked with early identification and intervention, helped by a multi-professional care group consisting of the principal, the special teacher, the school nurse, the school psychologist, a social worker and the class teacher.“

Jon Kristian Pareliussen u. a., „Skills and Inclusive Growth in Sweden“ (2015), S. 20

Teacher Assistants (TAs): „Teacher surveys and systematic observations also showed that TAs had a positive impact on students’ learning and behaviour, particularly in terms of improving students’ attitudes, behaviour and social skills, allowing individualisation and differentiation of tasks, and increasing classroom engagement and interaction with adults.“

Francesc Masdeu Navarro, „Learning support staff: A literature review“ (2015), S. 31

„Two recent randomised controlled trials conducted in England by the Education Endowment Foundation found significant improvements in learning in literacy and numeracy due to intervention programmes based on the use of learning support staff.“

Francesc Masdeu Navarro, „Learning support staff: A literature review“ (2015), S. 32f

„Several randomised controlled trials conducted in Denmark indicate that learning support staff made a positive impact on student learning.“

Francesc Masdeu Navarro, „Learning support staff: A literature review“ (2015), S. 33

„In the last two decades, learning support staff have become an essential part of the education workforce in many countries […] The work of these staff can reduce pressure on the teacher in relation to classroom management by helping the teacher cope with student misbehaviour, thus creating a more productive classroom atmosphere.“

Francesc Masdeu Navarro, „Learning support staff: A literature review“ (2015), S. 38

„The United Kingdom and the States have the highest average ratio of support staff, with 15.5 teacher aides and teaching/research assistants per 1 000 students. These two countries have experienced significant increases of learning support staff in recent years.“

Francesc Masdeu Navarro, „Learning support staff: A literature review“ (2015), S. 8

Englands Supportpersonal: „Their tasks usually include, for example, preparing material and equipment for lessons and working with small groups of students or individual students that need extra support due to instructional or behavioural challenges, which may happen in or out of a class. Their tasks can also include work with children with special educational needs. Teachers often may count with more than one teaching assistant in the classroom.“

Gabriela Moriconi u. a., „Supporting teachers and schools to promote positive student behaviour in England and Ontario (Canada)“ (2015), S. 37

Finnland: „Every comprehensive school has a student welfare team that meets at least twice a month for two hours. The team consists of the principal, the special education teacher, the school nurse, the school psychologist, a social worker, and the teachers whose students are being discussed.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Lessons from PISA for Korea“ (2014), S. 173

Finnland: „Each school has at least one special teacher, trained to help struggling students. The special teacher is tasked with early identification and intervention, helped by a multi-professional care group consisting of the principal, the special teacher, the school nurse, the school psychologist, a social worker and the class teacher.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Economic Surveys – Sweden“ (2015), S. 102

„Austria ranks poorly in the OECD when it comes to professionals able to dispense pedagogical support.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Mental Health and Work: Austria“ (2015), S. 18

„In Austria, there is one teaching support professional for every 24 teachers, compared to an average of 1/14 and even 1/7 in countries like Australia, Hungary, Poland and the Nordic countries. In Austria the typical school thus has only one support professional, compared with six in Denmark or Norway, for example.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Mental Health and Work: Austria“ (2015), S. 124

„For Iceland, Alberta (Canada) and England (United Kingdom), support personnel is provided for every four teachers.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „TALIS 2013 Results“ (2014), S. 46

„In Österreich kommt auf 23 Lehrer eine administrative Arbeitskraft - in Norwegen ist das Verhältnis sieben zu eins. [...] Es gibt genug Aufgaben, für die man keine voll bezahlte Lehrkraft braucht, die viele Semester lang studiert hat.“

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Hopmann, Wiener Zeitung ONLINE am 25. Juni 2013

„In Norwegen sind ein Drittel aller in Schulen Beschäftigten keine Lehrer, das geht von Betreuern über Ergotherapeuten bis hin zu Psychologen.“

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Hopmann, Der Standard ONLINE am 12. Juni 2013

„In Österreich kommen im Schnitt 29 Lehrer/innen auf eine pädagogisch unterstützende Kraft, das bedeutet damit im OECD-/EU-Vergleich das schlechteste Verhältnis. [...] In den allgemeinbildenden höheren Schulen kommt auf 51 Lehrer/innen nur eine Unterstützungskraft, in den Hauptschulen ist dies das Verhältnis von 1:24.“

BIFIE (Hrsg.), „Nationaler Bildungsbericht Österreich 2012“ (2013), Band 1, S. 58

Finnland: „Every school has a special teacher and pupil support group who support the classroom teacher and intervene early on if any child shows signs of falling behind.“

Asia Society (Hrsg.), „Improving Teacher Quality Around the World: The International Summit on the Teaching Profession“ (2011), S. 8

„[Es] geben Schulleiter/innen von 74 % der Hauptschullehrkräfte und 85 % der AHS-Lehrkräfte an, dass der Mangel an unterstützendem Personal den Unterricht beeinträchtigt.“

BIFIE (Hrsg.), „Talis 2008: Schule als Lernumfeld und Arbeitsplatz“ (2010), S. 127

„An österreichischen Schulen gibt es kaum pädagogisches Unterstützungspersonal, vor allem an AHS. Das heißt, den Schulen fehlt es damit an Beratungslehrerinnen und -lehrern, Psychologinnen/Psychologen, Logopädinnen/Logopäden und Helferinnen und Helfern.“

BIFIE (Hrsg.), „TALIS 2008: Schule als Lernumfeld und Arbeitsplatz. Vertiefende Analysen aus österreichischer Perspektive“ (2010), S. 141