Table 143. | Percentage distribution and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting selected background characteristics related to teaching: School year 1999–2000 |
Teacher characteristic | Music specialist | Visual arts specialist | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
Teaching assignment | ||||
Taught arts subject full time | 89 | (1.5) | 80 | (2.6) |
Taught arts subject part time | 11 | (1.5) | 20 | (2.6) |
Number of schools taught | ||||
1 school | 44 | (2.8) | 51 | (3.1) |
2 to 3 schools | 41 | (3.0) | 43 | (2.9) |
More than 3 schools | 15 | (2.5) | 6 | (1.6) |
Hours of planning period | ||||
0 hours | 6 | (1.5) | 4! | (1.5) |
1 to 2 hours | 22 | (2.2) | 17 | (2.2) |
3 to 4 hours | 43 | (2.4) | 38 | (3.1) |
More than 4 hours | 29 | (2.4) | 41 | (2.7) |
Years of teaching experience | ||||
5 or fewer years | 14 | (1.6) | 20 | (2.8) |
6 to 10 years | 20 | (2.2) | 25 | (2.5) |
11 to 20 years | 34 | (2.4) | 31 | (2.5) |
20 or more years | 32 | (2.4) | 24 | (2.5) |
! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||
NOTE: 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. |