Table 8. Percentage of beginning public school teachers participating in various leadership activities at their school, by selected teacher and school characteristics: School year 2009

Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (BTLS)

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Table 8. Percentage of beginning public school teachers participating in various leadership activities at their school, by selected teacher and school characteristics: School year 2009–10
	Percent of teachers who
Selected teacher or school characteristic	Coach a sport		Sponsor any student groups, clubs, or organizations	Serve as a department lead or chair		Serve on a school-wide or district-wide committee or task force		Serve as a coach/ consultant in a particular subject		Serve as a mentor coordinator in your school or district		Serve in a teacher union leadership position		Give a presentation at a professional conference
Total	20.2		37.2	13.3		39.9		12.4		5.1	!	3.2		11.5
Age
Less than 30 years	23.9		38.9	12.1		36.5		9.5		5.9	!	3.2	!	10.9
30 or more years	13.7		34.2	15.3		45.9		17.5		3.7		3.3	!	12.6	!
Grade level¹
Primary/middle	15.3		30.6	15.4		43.3		12.2		‡		3.4	!	11.0
High/combined	29.3		49.4	9.4		33.6		12.8		5.3		2.9	!	12.4
Community type²
City/suburban	17.6		35.6	10.5		37.9		13.2		5.3	!	3.4	!	11.5
Town/rural	23.7		39.3	17.2		42.6		11.3		‡		3.0	!	11.3
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches³
0-49	17.8		43.5	13.3		42.1		12.8		5.1	!	2.0	!	10.0
50 or more	22.9		29.2	12.6		38.6		11.0	!	3.1	!	5.3	!	13.6
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	30.3	!	35.7	19.1	!	25.0	!	13.6	!	‡		‡		13.6	!
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's values.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ About 1.8 percent of teachers in 2009–10 were excluded from the analysis due to missing values.
² About 0.2 percent of teachers in 2009–10 were excluded from the analysis due to missing values.
³ About 1.9 percent of teachers in 2009–10 were excluded from the analysis due to missing values.
NOTE: Cases with missing data are not included in the analysis.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (BTLS), "First Through Third Wave Preliminary Data File," 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10.

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