Table 26. Average number of hours per week that regular full-time public school teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by state: 2003

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Table 26. Average number of hours per week that regular full-time public school teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by state: 2003–04

	Average hours per week
State	Required to work to receive base pay during a typical full week	Spent delivering instruction to a class of students	Total hours spent on all teaching and other school-related activities during a typical full week
United States	37.7	28.6	52.8

Alabama	38.9	31.0	52.4
Alaska	38.2	28.7	55.5
Arizona	38.9	28.9	54.4
Arkansas	38.4	29.7	51.5
California	36.5	28.9	53.1

Colorado	39.1	28.8	54.6
Connecticut	36.1	27.2	52.4
Delaware	37.7	28.6	53.8
District of Columbia	37.5	29.8	50.8
Florida	37.9	28.2	53.4

Georgia	39.9	30.0	53.8
Hawaii	36.8	28.5	54.2
Idaho	38.7	28.8	53.8
Illinois	36.7	27.4	52.2
Indiana	37.6	28.5	53.6

Iowa	39.5	29.6	53.0
Kansas	39.3	29.8	54.2
Kentucky	37.4	29.5	51.9
Louisiana	37.3	30.4	51.5
Maine	36.4	27.0	51.9

Maryland	37.4	27.5	55.0
Massachusetts	34.9	26.2	50.2
Michigan	36.0	28.4	51.7
Minnesota	39.1	28.0	53.7
Mississippi	39.7	30.7	51.3

Missouri	38.1	29.0	53.2
Montana	38.9	29.6	53.2
Nebraska	39.4	29.8	54.7
Nevada	36.5	28.0	53.1
New Hampshire	36.6	26.3	52.2

New Jersey	35.8	26.6	50.1
New Mexico	37.0	29.6	51.1
New York	35.6	26.5	51.4
North Carolina	38.8	28.2	53.3
North Dakota	39.1	29.1	52.4

Ohio	36.9	27.5	51.6
Oklahoma	38.0	29.3	52.2
Oregon	39.6	28.4	54.9
Pennsylvania	37.3	28.2	52.3
Rhode Island	33.3	26.3	47.6

South Carolina	39.0	28.4	54.1
South Dakota	39.4	29.3	55.1
Tennessee	37.5	29.0	50.9
Texas	39.8	30.7	54.4
Utah	38.9	30.0	52.3

Vermont	37.7	27.2	52.6
Virginia	37.6	27.8	53.8
Washington	37.7	28.6	53.5
West Virginia	38.3	30.1	51.2
Wisconsin	39.2	28.7	53.5
Wyoming	38.9	30.0	53.3

NOTE: A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialist or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or a part-time teacher.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School Teacher Data File, 2003–04.

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