Percentage distribution and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting various indicators of teaching load, by teaching status: School year 2009

NCES 2012-014rev
April 2012

Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999–2000 and 2009–10

Table 42.	Percentage distribution and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting various indicators of teaching load, by teaching status: School year 2009–10

Teaching load indicator	Music specialist						Visual arts specialist
	All music specialists		Taught music full time		Taught music part time		All visual arts specialists		Taught visual arts full time		Taught visual arts part time
	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

Number of schools taught
1 school	47	(1.6)	46	(1.7)	57	(5.2)	58	(1.6)	57	(1.7)	64	(6.0)
2 schools	28	(1.3)	30	(1.6)	18	(4.0)	30	(1.7)	30	(2.0)	29	(4.7)
3 or more schools	24	(1.4)	24	(1.6)	25	(5.0)	12	(1.3)	13	(1.5)	7!	(2.9)
Hours of planning period per week
0 hours	3	(0.7)	2!	(0.6)	11!	(3.6)	1!	(0.4)	‡	(†)	4!	(1.9)
1 to 2 hours	15	(1.4)	11	(1.0)	41	(6.3)	12	(1.2)	8	(1.1)	31	(4.2)
3 to 4 hours	42	(1.6)	45	(1.7)	20	(4.3)	44	(1.7)	45	(1.7)	41	(4.5)
More than 4 hours	41	(1.8)	42	(1.8)	28	(4.7)	42	(1.4)	46	(1.5)	24	(4.0)
Taught on a block schedule¹
Yes	9	(1.0)	9	(1.2)	96	(1.8)	6	(0.8)	7	(0.9)	‡	(†)
No	91	(1.0)	91	(1.2)	96	(1.8)	94	(0.8)	93	(0.9)	98	(1.5)
Taught classes outside of regular school hours
Yes	24	(1.4)	23	(1.5)	25	(5.0)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)
No	76	(1.4)	77	(1.5)	75	(5.0)	—	(†)	—	(†)	—	(†)

— Not available; data were not collected from visual arts specialists.

† Not applicable.

! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent.

‡ Reporting standards not met.

¹ Block schedule refers to a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time; for example, block scheduling allows for class periods of an hour or more so that teachers can accomplish more in a class session.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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 102M, 2009–10; and “Survey of Elementary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 102VA, 2009–10.