The purpose of the Teacher Follow–up Survey is to determine how many teachers remained at the same school, moved to another school or left the profession in the year following the SASS administration. The 2004-05 TFS was administered to a sample of teachers who completed the SASS in the previous year. The TFS uses two questionnaires, one for teachers who left teaching since the previous SASS and another for those who are still currently teaching either in the same school as last year or in a different school. The topics for the Current Teacher questionnaire include teaching status and assignments, ratings of various aspects of teaching, the time teachers spend on different aspects of the job, professional development over the past two years, and ratings of various strategies for retaining more teachers. The topics for the Former Teacher questionnaire include employment status, ratings of various aspects of teaching and their current jobs, information on decisions to leave teaching, and ratings of various strategies for retaining more teachers. The questionnaires for each round of TFS are available online and can be downloaded from the Questionnaires page.
