A survey conducted by The Miskar Survey Institute focused on high school teachers. The survey included several closed ended questions, as well as a number of demographic questions such as the number of years in the system, membership in the Teachers’ Association and in which educational stream the respondent teaches.

Among the findings:

According to the representative sample of high school teachers, 56% support the Teachers’ Association’s strikes and other measures during wartime. 33% are not very supportive or not supportive at all, and 11% are neutral. Only slightly more than half of the teachers (53%) indicate that they would fully comply with the organization’s directives – 30% would comply partially, and 17% would maintain a normal teaching routine as much as possible, in spite of any organizational directives.

Regarding the most contentious issue in the dispute between the Ministry of Finance and the Teachers’ Association, the issue of employment by personal contracts, 43% of respondents indicated they are in favor of allowing teachers the choice between working under a personal or collective contract, and 39% indicated they are against, although most (69%) reported that they themselves would choose to remain under a collective contract. 18% of the teachers professed themselves neutral on the issue.

In the matter of personal bonuses – 41% support granting school principals the option to award teachers bonuses for excellence at their discretion, while 48% do not.

The issue on which teachers are most clearly at odds with the position taken by the organization that represents them is that of severance – 57% of high school teachers support significantly shortening, with appropriate compensation, the dismissal process, while only about 30% do not.

See the full survey [Hebrew]: