Table D-1. Variables used in the Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results From the teachers 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey report: 2007

Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-324
June 2009

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Table D-1. Variables used in the Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results From the teachers 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey report: 2007–08

Variable		Variable name in data file
Variable		Variable name in data file
Average academic year base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers		T0343
Average amount of salary supplements from extracurricular activities in same school system		T0345
Average amount of salary supplements from jobs outside of the school system		T0349
Average amount of salary supplements from other school sources		---⁽¹⁾
Average class size for teachers with departmentalized instruction		---⁽¹⁾
Average class size for teachers with elementary subject classes		---⁽¹⁾
Average class size for teachers with self-contained or team-teaching classes		T0070
Average hours per week spent delivering instruction to a class of students		T0262
Average hours required to receive base pay during a typical week		T0261
Average hours spent on all teaching and other school-related activities during a typical full week		T0260
Average salary from all sources		---⁽¹⁾
Charter school identifier		CHARFLAG¹
Class organization		T0068
Highest degree earned		HIDEGR¹
Number of years experience as a full-time elementary or secondary teacher in public and private schools		---⁽¹⁾
Number of years teaching at current school		T0036
Percent with a job outside of the school system		T0348
Percent with salary supplements from extracurricular activities in same school system		T0344
Percent with salary supplements from other school sources		T0346
Percentage of regular full-time teachers		T0025
Percentage of students in the school approved for National School Lunch Program		NSLAPP_S¹
Student enrollment		SCHSIZE¹
Teacher’s sex		T0352
Teacher's age		AGE_T¹
Teacher’s race/ethnicity		RACETH_T¹
Three-category private school typology		RELIG¹
Three-category school level		SCHLEVEL¹
Urban-centric school locale code		URBANS12¹
¹ The definition for this variable can be found below.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and StaffingSurvey (SASS), "Public School Teacher, BIE School Teacher, and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2007–08.

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