Table 8.Percentage of public school teachers who participated in various types of professional development in the past 12 months, by state: 2011

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Table 8. Percentage of public school teachers who participated in various types of professional development in the past 12 months, by state: 2011–12


	Percent of teachers who participated in professional development focused on
State	Any professional development	Content of subject(s) taught	Uses of computers for instruction	Reading instruction	Student discipline and classroom management	Teaching students with disabilities	Teaching limited-English proficient students or English-language learners	Other
United States	99.0	84.8	67.2	56.7	42.5	37.4	26.8	35.7

Alabama	99.9	84.2	77.8	64.8	40.4	37.5	30.9	25.5
Alaska	99.2	80.4	64.8	50.7	45.5	29.6	22.9	31.5
Arizona	98.6	85.7	62.8	61.7	46.2	32.6	41.9	38.9
Arkansas	99.7	93.5	91.6	65.8	65.0	55.9	33.5	40.4
California	97.4	78.2	58.0	46.3	35.8	28.7	48.1	32.3

Colorado	98.7	83.9	61.3	52.3	36.5	29.2	40.3	40.3
Connecticut	99.1	83.8	73.1	63.0	40.1	34.1	18.0	40.0
Delaware	99.7	84.4	64.1	64.4	39.0	38.2	11.6	41.8
District of Columbia	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Florida	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Georgia	98.6	85.2	63.3	47.5	33.0	32.7	17.6	37.4
Hawaii	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Idaho	98.8	80.5	52.9	40.7	39.2	26.4	25.4	38.3
Illinois	99.8	84.3	68.2	66.2	43.5	43.9	20.0	36.7
Indiana	96.8	79.3	58.4	58.7	35.9	31.5	16.5	31.7

Iowa	99.8	82.4	68.9	62.4	35.3	29.7	13.1	40.0
Kansas	99.1	82.7	71.3	64.6	43.2	29.9	21.4	33.9
Kentucky	99.6	88.3	69.5	65.0	42.3	38.9	11.4	36.7
Louisiana	98.1	82.7	70.0	56.4	58.9	40.9	13.1	29.9
Maine	99.1	81.8	62.8	54.5	39.1	27.7	9.1	36.1

Maryland	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Massachusetts	98.8	84.0	55.2	53.2	38.8	38.4	25.8	36.7
Michigan	99.4	84.7	68.0	60.3	50.3	38.1	12.6	39.1
Minnesota	99.8	83.4	75.4	75.4	56.1	51.2	29.4	38.4
Mississippi	97.7	81.4	62.2	51.8	46.2	36.4	11.7	31.5

Missouri	99.4	82.4	68.6	54.0	51.4	37.0	8.9	35.6
Montana	99.3	83.3	67.5	46.9	49.3	32.1	4.7	37.1
Nebraska	99.3	82.6	66.9	64.2	48.1	32.4	13.3	28.2
Nevada	98.7	85.1	53.6	57.5	27.0	31.4	33.5	43.3
New Hampshire	98.7	86.6	71.6	52.8	50.2	50.9	9.4	47.8

New Jersey	99.8	88.3	74.8	54.0	47.4	42.6	12.3	41.1
New Mexico	98.2	78.0	58.9	56.1	43.6	45.5	38.4	38.3
New York	98.9	87.6	66.6	56.9	29.7	34.6	21.0	37.7
North Carolina	99.5	89.7	74.8	71.5	37.1	35.0	26.4	35.6
North Dakota	99.7	77.1	67.3	49.8	47.6	31.0	8.6	29.7

Ohio	98.7	77.2	66.3	44.6	34.3	35.2	6.9	32.4
Oklahoma	98.9	79.4	68.8	48.3	51.8	44.0	24.9	35.0
Oregon	99.1	85.3	48.4	60.6	44.0	34.0	48.7	41.4
Pennsylvania	99.1	81.1	66.3	60.0	40.6	44.8	22.0	31.4
Rhode Island	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

South Carolina	99.3	83.4	78.2	57.4	37.2	37.8	22.8	32.5
South Dakota	97.4	76.3	63.4	48.7	34.3	23.4	6.9	31.1
Tennessee	99.9	86.0	61.8	51.4	46.4	37.3	12.6	39.9
Texas	99.4	91.6	74.8	50.4	54.0	45.9	56.5	35.3
Utah	99.8	90.9	61.8	64.1	45.0	31.0	25.2	37.0

Vermont	99.0	87.3	67.5	57.2	43.6	36.1	8.9	39.0
Virginia	99.6	85.6	76.7	50.2	43.3	40.5	18.6	30.3
Washington	98.6	89.5	60.8	56.3	38.0	31.0	28.1	39.1
West Virginia	99.1	81.9	76.0	46.9	46.9	31.6	8.9	28.6
Wisconsin	98.3	80.2	70.5	58.5	44.3	33.8	14.3	33.1
Wyoming	99.6	83.0	63.9	63.0	52.6	29.9	18.8	37.3
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Teachers were asked about professional development participation during the 12 months prior to responding to the Schools and Staffing Survey.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2011–12.

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