Percent and standard error for public elementary school music specialists and visual arts specialists reporting major and minor fields of study for degrees and teaching certificates held: School year 1999

Table 146.	Percent and standard error for public elementary school music specialists and visual arts specialists reporting major and minor fields of study for degrees and teaching certificates held: School year 1999–2000

Type of teacher, by degree or certificate and major/minor field of study	Percent	Standard error

Music specialists
Held a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree in music or music education	96	(0.9)
Major or minor in bachelor's degree
Music education	69	(2.5)
Music	44	(2.9)
Elementary or secondary education	15	(2.1)
Other major or minor	49	(2.7)
Major or minor in master's or doctorate degree
Music education	19	(2.3)
Music	14	(2.1)
Elementary or secondary education	16	(2.2)
Other major or minor	17	(2.2)
Focus of teaching certificate
Music education	91	(1.3)
General elementary or secondary education	21	(2.0)
Other major or minor	9	(1.4)

Visual arts specialist
Held a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree in arts education or applied/fine arts	94	(1.9)
Major or minor in bachelor's degree
Arts education	50	(3.6)
Applied or fine arts	54	(2.9)
Elementary or secondary education	25	(2.6)
Other major or minor	21	(2.2)
Major or minor in master's or doctorate degree
Arts education	15	(2.0)
Applied or fine arts	12	(1.8)
Elementary or secondary education	16	(2.7)
Other major or minor	6	(1.6)
Focus of teaching certificate
Arts education	89	(2.0)
General elementary or secondary education	29	(3.2)
Other major or minor	7	(1.6)

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because teachers could report multiple fields of study. The data presented in this table may differ from previously published information because missing data from the 1999–2000 surveys were imputed for analysis in this report. Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Survey of Elementary School Music Specialists,” FRSS 77M; and “Survey of Elementary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 77VA, 1999–2000.