Never before have more staff members worked in pre-primary schools in Iceland
In December 2008 there were 5,568 staff members working 4,761 full-time equivalent jobs in Icelandic pre-primary schools. Never before have more people worked in pre-primary schools in Iceland. The previous year there were 5,159 staff members working 4,368 full-time equivalent jobs. There were 409 more staff members in December 2008 than in 2007, an increase of 7.9%. There was an even greater increase in the number of full-time equivalent staff; an increase of 393 or 9.0%. The increase in the number of personnel was greater than the increase in the number of children in pre-primary schools, which was 4.1% during the same period. The increase in the number of children was greatest in the younger age cohorts, but younger children require more staff members per child. The number of males among staff members increased by 58, while the number of females increased by 351. The proportional increase in male staff was 31.9% and 7.1% among females.

The number of educated pre-primary teachers increased from 2007
The number of staff members working in education and child care with pedagogical education increased considerably since 2007. When examining full-time equivalent staff working in education and child care it can be observed that there are 151 more licensed pre-primary school teachers (11,2% increase), 184 more staff with other pedagogical education (68.4% increase) while there are 66 more staff without pedagogical education (2.8% increase). Thus, a total of 44.9% of full-time equivalent staff in education and child care have completed some pedagogical education, compared with 39.4% in December 2007.

Staff turnover between years was 28.6%
The turnover among personnel between the years 2007 and 2008 was 28.6%; an increase from the previous year when the staff turnover was 25.5%. The turnover rate is greater among unskilled personnel. The turnover rate is highest among cleaning personnel, 47.6%, which is greater than in the previous year. The turnover is lowest among headmasters, assistant headmasters and department heads, 11.7-18.2%. The turnover rate was considerably higher for these groups than between 2006 and 2007, when it was 7.1-9.7%. Among educated pre-primary school teachers the turnover was 15.4% but 10.0% the year before. It should be noted that the turnover rate refers to two individual measurements. Therefore personnel who started working in 2008 and left their jobs in the first 11 months of the year are not included in the data.