| Figure 28-1: Number of newly hired regular teachers, by career path: School years 1999-2000 and 2007-08 |
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1 Direct-entry refers to first-year teachers who had finished teacher training the previous year and entered teaching without a delay; delayed-entry refers to first-year teachers who had engaged in an activity other than teaching for some time between graduating and beginning teaching; reentry refers to teachers who had taught in the past but did not teach at the elementary or secondary level during the previous year; and transfer refers to teachers who were teaching in another school system the previous year. NOTE: A regular teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialist or librarian, or another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Charter School Teacher Data File," 1999–2000 and "Public School Teacher Data File" and "Private School Teacher Data File," 1999–2000 and 2007–08. |
