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| Table H115. Number of grade 9 through 12 public school teachers, average years of teaching experience, and percentage distribution of years of teaching experience, by school type and main teaching assignment: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Percentage distribution of years of teaching experience | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School type and main teaching assignment | Number of teachers | Percent of teachers | Average years of teaching experience | Less than 4 years |
4–9 years |
10–14 years |
15 years or more |
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| Total | 1,059,500 | 100.0 | 14 | 17.5 | 27.3 | 17.0 | 38.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| School type1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular | 846,200 | 87.8 | 14 | 17.0 | 27.3 | 17.2 | 38.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career or technical | 31,500 | 3.3 | 14 | 16.2 | 27.6 | 18.7 | 37.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other2 | 86,200 | 8.9 | 13 | 21.2 | 26.2 | 15.9 | 36.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Main teaching assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career and technical education (CTE), total | 147,600 | 13.9 | 14 | 17.5 | 23.7 | 16.1 | 42.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nonoccupational CTE | 65,700 | 6.2 | 15 | 15.7 | 21.7 | 15.5 | 47.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupational education | 81,900 | 7.7 | 14 | 18.9 | 25.3 | 16.6 | 39.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | 12,000 | 1.1 | 14 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 17.7 | 42.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Business | 22,400 | 2.1 | 14 | 19.0 | 26.2 | 14.5 | 40.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Communications and design | 9,300 | 0.9 | 13 | 12.7 | ! | 30.3 | 23.9 | 33.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 6,400 | 0.6 | 15 | 17.9 | 25.4 | 11.4 | ! | 45.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Construction, architecture, and engineering technologies | 9,400 | 0.9 | 13 | 18.7 | 27.6 | 17.1 | 36.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Consumer, culinary, and public services | 5,800 | 0.6 | 13 | 20.9 | 28.8 | 10.0 | ! | 40.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Health sciences | 4,300 | 0.4 | 10 | 32.3 | 20.4 | 24.7 | 22.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 2,900 | 0.3 | 13 | 14.0 | 29.8 | ! | 11.7 | ! | 44.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Marketing | 3,900 | 0.4 | 13 | 21.8 | 24.9 | 18.8 | ! | 34.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Repair and transportation | 5,500 | 0.5 | 15 | 16.9 | ! | 19.9 | ! | 16.6 | ! | 46.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Academic education | 711,300 | 67.1 | 13 | 18.2 | 28.1 | 17.0 | 36.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other3 | 200,600 | 18.9 | 14 | 15.0 | 26.9 | 17.5 | 40.6 | |||||||||||||||||
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! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate. 1 Excludes 9 percent of teachers with unspecified school type. 2 Other school types include special program emphasis schools, special education schools, and alternative/other schools. 3 Other teaching assignments include special education; health education; physical education; military science or Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC); religious studies, theology, or divinity; and other unspecified teaching assignments. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Teacher Questionnaire,” 2007–08. |
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