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Table 74. Teachers' perceptions about teaching and school conditions, by type and control of school: 1993-94 and 1999-2000

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                                            |  Percent of teachers somewhat agreeing or strongly agreeing with statement
                                            |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                            |       |    Public school teachers, 1999-2000      |       |    Private school teachers, 1999-2000
                 Statement                  |Public |___________________________________________|Private|___________________________________________
                                            |total, |          |Elementary|Secondary |Combined  |total, |          |Elementary|Secondary |Combined
                                            |1993-94|Total     |schools   |schools   |schools   |1993-94|Total     |schools   |schools   |schools
____________________________________________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________
                     1                      |   2   |   3      |   4      |   5      |   6      |   7   |   8      |   9      |  10      |  11
____________________________________________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________
The school administration's behavior        |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  toward the staff is supportive  ..........|  79.2 |78.7 (0.4)|79.7 (0.5)|77.0 (0.4)|76.6 (1.2)|  88.2 |87.2 (0.5)|88.2 (0.5)|83.4 (0.7)|87.4 (1.1)
My principal enforces school rules for      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  student conduct and backs me up when I    |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  need it ..................................|  80.8 |82.1 (0.3)|83.7 (0.5)|79.4 (0.4)|78.9 (1.3)|  88.4 |88.2 (0.4)|88.3 (0.6)|86.8 (0.7)|88.7 (0.7)
The principal lets staff members know       |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  what is expected of them  ................|  85.6 |87.6 (0.3)|88.7 (0.4)|85.9 (0.3)|83.2 (1.1)|  88.2 |89.8 (0.4)|89.9 (0.5)|88.1 (0.6)|90.5 (0.8)
Principal talks to me frequently about      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  my instructional practices ...............|  44.3 |45.6 (0.4)|50.3 (0.6)|36.3 (0.4)|44.8 (1.4)|  54.0 |50.3 (0.7)|55.3 (1.0)|36.5 (1.2)|49.9 (1.2)
In this school, staff members are           |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  recognized for a job well done  ..........|  67.9 |68.3 (0.4)|70.7 (0.6)|64.0 (0.5)|62.7 (1.3)|  81.1 |78.6 (0.5)|80.6 (0.6)|72.1 (1.0)|78.9 (1.0)
Principal knows what kind of school         |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  he/she wants and has communicated it to   |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  the staff ................................|  80.5 |83.1 (0.3)|85.0 (0.4)|80.0 (0.4)|77.8 (1.3)|  88.6 |88.3 (0.5)|88.3 (0.6)|87.0 (0.8)|89.0 (0.9)
Most of my colleagues share my beliefs      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  and values about what the central         |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  mission of the school should be ..........|  84.2 |84.7 (0.3)|87.4 (0.4)|79.6 (0.3)|82.8 (0.9)|  93.2 |92.1 (0.3)|93.1 (0.5)|88.2 (0.7)|92.5 (0.6)
There is a great deal of cooperative        |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  effort among staff .......................|  77.5 |78.4 (0.3)|80.9 (0.4)|73.6 (0.4)|76.2 (1.3)|  90.5 |88.9 (0.4)|90.2 (0.5)|84.4 (0.8)|89.4 (1.0)
I receive a great deal of support from      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  parents for the work I do ................|  52.5 |57.8 (0.4)|60.9 (0.5)|52.3 (0.4)|52.1 (1.1)|  84.6 |84.2 (0.5)|86.7 (0.6)|78.2 (1.1)|83.6 (0.9)
I make a conscious effort to coordinate     |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  the content of my courses with that of    |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  other teachers  ..........................|  85.0 |84.1 (0.2)|87.5 (0.3)|77.8 (0.3)|81.1 (0.9)|  85.2 |81.4 (0.6)|84.3 (0.7)|73.6 (1.0)|80.9 (0.9)
Routine duties and paperwork interfere      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  with my job of teaching  .................|  70.8 |71.0 (0.3)|71.4 (0.4)|70.7 (0.4)|66.0 (1.1)|  40.1 |44.5 (0.6)|45.8 (0.9)|46.3 (1.0)|41.9 (1.2)
Level of student misbehavior in this        |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  school interferes with my teaching .......|  44.1 |40.9 (0.4)|40.8 (0.6)|41.0 (0.5)|43.2 (1.2)|  22.4 |24.3 (0.6)|25.1 (0.8)|22.6 (1.3)|24.0 (1.1)
Amount of student tardiness and class       |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  cutting in this school interferes with    |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  my teaching ..............................|  27.9 |31.6 (0.4)|25.6 (0.5)|43.5 (0.5)|29.9 (0.9)|   8.6 |15.1 (0.5)|13.3 (0.6)|16.6 (1.0)|17.0 (0.8)
Rules for student behavior are              |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  consistently enforced by teachers in      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  this school, even for students who are    |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  not in their classes .....................|  61.8 |62.6 (0.4)|71.2 (0.5)|45.9 (0.5)|60.5 (1.0)|  77.6 |76.1 (0.5)|81.3 (0.7)|64.1 (1.1)|74.3 (1.1)
I am satisfied with my class sizes  ........|  64.9 |67.6 (0.4)|66.9 (0.5)|68.0 (0.4)|79.8 (0.9)|  84.4 |85.5 (0.5)|82.1 (0.7)|80.9 (1.0)|92.6 (0.5)
I am satisfied with my teaching salary .....|  44.9 |39.4 (0.4)|37.9 (0.5)|42.2 (0.5)|40.5 (1.1)|  41.6 |41.8 (0.8)|35.6 (1.0)|42.5 (1.2)|50.4 (1.5)
I sometimes feel it is a waste of time      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  to try to do my best as a teacher  .......|  26.8 |20.3 (0.3)|18.4 (0.4)|23.9 (0.3)|23.2 (1.0)|  13.4 |10.6 (0.4)| 9.7 (0.5)|14.0 (0.8)|10.1 (0.7)
I plan with the librarian/media             |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  specialist for the integration of         |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  services into my teaching ................|  66.9 |58.7 (0.4)|58.9 (0.5)|58.9 (0.4)|53.0 (1.4)|  60.6 |48.7 (0.7)|47.5 (1.1)|53.3 (1.3)|48.3 (1.4)
Necessary materials are available as        |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  needed by staff ..........................|  73.1 |75.0 (0.3)|75.1 (0.5)|74.9 (0.4)|75.7 (0.9)|  85.7 |88.9 (0.4)|87.9 (0.6)|88.0 (0.8)|90.8 (0.7)
I worry about the security of my job        |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  because of the performance of my          |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  students on state or local tests..........|   --- |28.9 (0.4)|31.2 (0.5)|24.4 (0.4)|28.4 (0.9)|   --- | 6.8 (0.3)| 7.1 (0.4)| 5.3 (0.5)| 7.1 (0.6)
I am given the support I need to teach      |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  students with special needs...............|   --- |60.6 (0.3)|60.3 (0.5)|60.7 (0.4)|65.2 (1.3)|   --- |66.6 (0.6)|65.2 (0.8)|62.2 (1.1)|70.8 (1.2)
I am generally satisfied with being a       |       |          |          |          |          |       |          |          |          |
  teacher at this school....................|   --- |89.7 (0.2)|90.0 (0.3)|89.3 (0.3)|87.8 (1.0)|   --- |93.2 (0.3)|92.4 (0.4)|93.6 (0.5)|94.1 (0.5)
____________________________________________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________

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NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000, "Private Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000, and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000." (This table was prepared June 2002.)


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