National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) Pilot Test 2014-15

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TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE

NATIONAL TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL SURVEY

2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR

THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY:

TO BE DETERMINED

DEAR TEACHER:

The National Teacher and Principal Survey is the largest sample survey of America’s elementary and secondary schools. Your participation is important. Below are answers to some general questions.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY?

The purpose of this survey is to obtain information about teachers, such as professional background, teaching field, workload, and opinions about working conditions.

WHO IS CONDUCTING THIS SURVEY?

The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting this survey for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

WHY SHOULD YOU PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY?

Policymakers and educational leaders rely on data from this survey to inform their decisions concerning K-12 schools. Because it is a sample survey, your responses represent the responses of many. Higher response rates give us confidence that the findings are accurate.

WILL YOUR RESPONSES BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL?

Your responses are protected from disclosure by federal statute (20 U.S.C., §9573). All responses that relate to or describe identifiable characteristics of individuals may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose, unless otherwise compelled by law.

HOW WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE REPORTED?

The information you provide will be combined with the information provided by others in statistical reports. No individually-identifiable data will be included in the statistical reports.

WHERE SHOULD YOU MAIL YOUR COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE?

Please return your completed questionnaire in the enclosed pre-addressed, postage-paid envelope or mail it to:

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

ATTN: DCB 60A

1201 E. 10th STREET

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN 47132-0001

WE HOPE YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS VOLUNTARY SURVEY.

SINCERELY,

JACK BUCKLEY

Commissioner for Education Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

Paperwork Burden Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this voluntary information collection is 1850-0803. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate, suggestions for improving this collection, or comments or concerns about the contents or the status of your individual submission of this questionnaire please e-mail: [email protected], or write directly to: National Teacher and Principal Survey, National Center for Education Statistics, 1990 K Street, N.W., #9018,Washington, DC 20006.

INSTRUCTIONS AND DEFINITIONS

The data you enter on this form will be captured through the use of imaging technology. Please print all information clearly in ordinary characters, using a black ballpoint pen.

Correct marking example – (Use care to keep characters in their designated spaces.)

Incorrect marking example –

1. If you are the teacher named on the cover page label, please complete the questionnaire.

2. Please do not write any comments near the answer boxes.

3. If you are unsure about how to answer a question, please give the best answer you can rather than leaving it blank.

4. If you have any questions, call the U.S. Census Bureau at 1-800-221-1204. Someone will be available to take your call Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The U.S. Census Bureau is also available to answer your questions via e-mail at: [email protected].

Teachers who teach in multiple schools: Please respond to questions as they apply to the school where you received this questionnaire.

Grades K-12 and comparable ungraded levels. This survey focuses on schools offering any of grades K-12 or comparable ungraded levels at the elementary or secondary level. The term “ungraded levels” refers to schools that classify students by an alternative means other than particular grade levels (e.g., Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, etc.).

Please correct any errors in name, address, and ZIP Code.

Teacher name

School name

Address

City

State ZIP Code

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. How do you classify your position at THIS school, that is, the activity at which you spend most of your time during this school year?

• Mark (X) only one box.

¹ Regular full-time teacher (in any of grades Kindergarten-12 or comparable ungraded levels)

² Regular part-time teacher (in any of grades Kindergarten-12 or comparable ungraded levels)

³ Itinerant teacher (i.e., your assignment requires you to provide instruction at more than one school)

⁴ Long-term substitute (i.e., your assignment requires that you fill the role of a regular teacher on a long-term basis, but you are still considered a substitute)

⁵ Short-term substitute

⁶ Student teacher

⁷ Teacher aide

⁸ Administrator (e.g., principal, assistant principal, director, school head)

⁹ Library media specialist or Librarian

¹⁰ Other professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker)

¹¹ Support staff (e.g., secretary)

Which box did you mark in item 1 above?

¹ Box 1 

² Box 2, 3, or 4 

³ Box 5, 6, or 7  Please STOP now and return this questionnaire to the U.S. Census Bureau. Thank you for your time.

⁴ Box 8, 9, 10, or 11

2. Do you TEACH any regularly scheduled class(es) at this school in any of grades K-12 or comparable

ungraded levels?

• Regularly scheduled classes are those taught at least once per week.

• If you work as a library media specialist or librarian at this school, do not include classes in which you teach students how to use the library (e.g., library skills or library research).

• If you teach a particular specialty either within or outside of a regular classroom (e.g., reading specialist, special education teacher, English as a Second Language teacher), include that time as a regularly scheduled class.

¹ Yes 

² No  Please STOP now and return this questionnaire to the U.S. Census Bureau. Thank you for your time.

3. How much time do you work as a TEACHER in any of grades K-12 or comparable ungraded levels at THIS

school?

• Mark (X) only one box.

¹ Full time

² 3/4 time or more, but less than full-time

³ 1/2 time or more, but less than 3/4 time

⁴ 1/4 time or more, but less than 1/2 time

⁵ Less than 1/4 time

⁶ I do not teach any of grades K-12  Please STOP now and return this questionnaire to the U.S. Census Bureau. Thank you for your time.

4. In what SCHOOL YEAR did you begin teaching at THIS SCHOOL?

• Report the year you began teaching as a full-time or part-time teacher at this school, itinerant teacher who teaches part-time at this school, or long-term substitute at this school.

• Do not include summer school.

• Do NOT include time spent as a student teacher.

• Example: If you began teaching at THIS school in September 2013 or in January 2014, you would report 2013-2014.

					-					School year

5. What was your MAIN activity LAST school year (2013-14)?

• Considering all of the options below, please select the box which best applies to how you spent the MOST time

LAST school year.

• If you were a substitute or itinerant teacher please select the box which best applies to your MAIN activity LAST school year.

• Mark (X) only one box.

¹ Teaching in this school

² Teaching in another public elementary or secondary school IN THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM

³ Teaching in a public elementary or secondary school IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS STATE

⁴ Teaching in a public elementary or secondary school IN ANOTHER STATE

⁵ Teaching in a PRIVATE elementary or secondary school

⁶ Student at a college or university

⁷ Teaching in a preschool

⁸ Teaching at a college or university

⁹ Working in a position in the field of education, but not as a teacher

¹⁰ Working in an occupation outside the field of education

¹¹ On leave (e.g., maternity or paternity leave, disability leave, sabbatical)

¹² Caring for family members, but not on leave (e.g., homemaking, childrearing)

¹³ Military service

¹⁴ Unemployed and seeking work

¹

5 Retired from another job

¹⁶ Other – please specify 

6. In how many schools have you taught at the elementary or secondary level?

• Report the number of schools in which you taught as a full-time or part-time teacher, or long-term substitute.

• If you are an itinerant teacher, report the number of districts, not schools within districts, in which you have taught.

• Do not include summer school.

• Do NOT include time spent as a student teacher.

			Schools

7. Excluding time spent on maternity/paternity leave or sabbatical, how many school years have you worked as an elementary- or secondary-level teacher in public, public charter or private schools?

• Report the number of years you taught as a full-time or part-time teacher, itinerant teacher who teaches part-time at this school, or long-term substitute.

• Include the current school year.

• Do NOT include time spent as a student teacher.

• Record whole years, not fractions or months.

			School Years

2. CLASS ORGANIZATION

8. Do you currently teach students in any of these grades at THIS school?

• Please select Yes or No for each grade level.

Prekindergarten	1 Yes 2 No
Kindergarten	1 Yes 2 No
1st	1 Yes 2 No
2nd	1 Yes 2 No
3rd	1 Yes 2 No
4th	1 Yes 2 No
5th	1 Yes 2 No
6th	1 Yes 2 No
7th	1 Yes 2 No
8th	1 Yes 2 No
9th	1 Yes 2 No
10th	1 Yes 2 No
11th	1 Yes 2 No
12th	1 Yes 2 No
Ungraded	1 Yes 2 No

9. Of all the students you teach at this school, how many have an Individualized Education Program (IEP)

because they have disabilities or are special education students?

• Do not include students who only have a 504 plan but not an IEP.

• If none, please select the ‘None’ box.

None or
				Students

10. Of all the students you teach at this school, how many are of limited-English proficiency (LEP) or are

English-language learners (ELLs)?

• Students of limited-English proficiency [LEP] or English-language learners [ELLs] are those whose native or dominant language is other than English and who have sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language as to deny them the opportunity to learn successfully in an English-speaking-only classroom.

• If none, please select the ‘None’ box.

None or
				Students

11. This school year, in what subject is your MAIN teaching assignment at THIS school?

• Your main teaching assignment is the subject matter in which you teach the most classes.

• Record one of the main teaching assignment codes and labels from Table 1 on pages 8 and 9.

				Main Teaching Assignment Code		Main Teaching Assignment Label

Table 1. Main Teaching Assignment and Subject-matter Codes and Labels
For Questions 11 and 17

General Education Codes and Labels
Elementary Education	Special Education
101 Early childhood or pre-K, general 102 Elementary grades, general 103 Middle grades, general	110 Special education, any
Subject-matter Specific Codes and Labels
Arts and Music 141 Art or arts and crafts 142 Art history 143 Dance 144 Drama or theater 145 Music English and Language Arts 151 Communications 152 Composition 153 English 154 Journalism 155 Language arts 157 Literature or literary criticism 158 Reading 159 Speech English as a Second Language (ESL) 160 ESL or bilingual education: General 161 ESL or bilingual education: Spanish 162 ESL or bilingual education: Other languages Foreign Languages 171 French 172 German 173 Latin 174 Spanish 175 Other foreign language Health Education 181 Health education 182 Physical education Mathematics and Computer Science 191 Algebra I 192 Algebra II 193 Algebra III 194 Basic and general mathematics 195 Business and applied math 196 Calculus and pre-calculus 197 Computer science 198 Geometry 199 Pre-algebra 200 Statistics and probability 201 Trigonometry Natural Sciences 210 Science, general 211 Biology or life sciences 212 Chemistry 213 Earth sciences 214 Engineering 215 Integrated science 216 Physical sciences 217 Physics 218 Other natural sciences	Social Sciences 220 Social studies, general 221 Anthropology 222 Area or ethnic studies (excluding Native American Studies) 225 Economics 226 Geography 227 Government or civics 228 History 231 Native American studies 232 Political science 233 Psychology 234 Sociology 235 Other social sciences Career or Technical Education 241 Agriculture and natural resources 242 Business management 243 Business support 244 Marketing and distribution 245 Healthcare occupations 246 Construction trades, engineering, or science technologies (including CADD and drafting) 247 Mechanics and repair 249 Manufacturing or precision production (electronics, metalwork, textiles, etc.) 250 Communications and related technologies (including design, graphics, or printing; not including computer science) 253 Personal and public services (including culinary arts, cosmetology, child care, social work, protective services, custodial services, and interior design) 254 Family and consumer sciences education 255 Industrial arts or technology education 256 Other career or technical education Miscellaneous 262 Driver education 264 Library or information science 265 Military science or ROTC 266 Philosophy 267 Religious studies, theology, or divinity Other Other

12. Which statement best describes the way YOUR classes at THIS school are organized?

• Mark (X) only one box.

¹ You instruct several classes of different students most or all of the day in one or more subjects (sometimes called Departmentalized Instruction).

² You are an elementary school teacher who teaches only one subject to different classes of students (sometimes called an Elementary Subject Specialist).

³ You instruct the same group of students all or most of the day in multiple subjects (sometimes called a Self-Contained Class).

⁴ You are one of two or more teachers, in the same class, at the same time, and are jointly responsible for teaching the same group of students all or most of the day (sometimes called Team Teaching).

⁵ You instruct a small number of selected students released from or in their regular classes in specific skills or to address specific needs (sometimes called a "Pull-Out" Class or "Push-In" Instruction).

Check the box you marked in item 12 and follow the arrow for the next item.

1. Box 1 or 2 

2. Box 3 or 4

3. Box 5 

13. During your most recent FULL WEEK of teaching at THIS school, what is the total number of students

enrolled in the class you taught?

			Students 

14. During your most recent FULL WEEK of teaching at THIS school, what is the average number of students

you taught at any one time?

			Students

15. During your most recent FULL WEEK of teaching, approximately how many hours did YOU spend

teaching each of the following subjects at THIS school?

• If you taught two or more subjects at the same time, apportion the time to each subject the best you can.

• Report hours to the nearest whole hour; do not record fractions of an hour or minutes.

• If you did not teach a particular subject during the week, select the "None" box.

a. English, reading, or language arts (including reading and writing)

None or
			Hours per week

b. Arithmetic or mathematics

None or
			Hours per week

c. Social studies or history

None or
			Hours per week

4. Science

None or
			Hours per week

Note: Items 16, 17, and 18 are for teachers who marked box 1 or 2 for item 12 on page 10. If you marked box 3, 4, or 5 for item 17 (and completed items 13 and 15, or 14 and 15), GO TO Section 3 on page 13

16. How many separate class periods or sections do you currently teach at THIS school?

• Do NOT include homeroom periods or study halls.

• Example: If you teach 2 classes or sections of chemistry I, a class or section of physics I, and a class or section of physics II, you would report 04 classes or sections.

			Number of classes or sections

17. For EACH class period or section that you reported in item 23, record the subject name, subject-matter

code, grade level code, and number of students.

• MIXED GRADES: List the grade with the most number of students.

• The number of lines filled out should equal the number of class periods or sections reported in item 16.

• Record one of the teaching assignment and subject matter codes from Table 1 on pages 8 and 9 and use the grade level codes below.

	A. Subject Name		B. Subject-Matter Code					C. Grade Level Code				D. Number of Students
Example	English
				1	5	3			1	1				3	3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Codes for grade levels of students
PK Prekindergarten KG Kindergarten 01 1st grade 02 2nd grade 03 3rd grade 04 4th grade 05 5th grade 06 6th grade		07 7th grade 08 8th grade 09 9th grade 10 10th grade 11 11th grade 12 12th grade UG Ungraded

18. On average, over the course of three months, how often would you say that you give tests or examinations?

• For the purposes of this question, pick the grade and the subject in which you tend to give the fewest number of tests or examinations in a marking period.

• Do not count quizzes.

• Do not count standardized tests that are administered by the state.

• If, on average, you do not give any tests or examinations (as we have defined them), select the “None” box.

None or
				Number of tests

3. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

19. How many postsecondary degrees do you currently hold?

• For the purposes of this question, do not include certificates of study below the associate’s degree.

• Do not include associate’s degrees, that is, a degree that normally requires at least 2 but less than 4 years of full-time-equivalent college work.

• Do not include degrees that were paid for, or partly paid for, by a state, school, or school district.

• Do not include postsecondary degrees that you are currently working on, but have not yet been awarded.

• If you do not hold any postsecondary degrees (as we have defined them), select the “None” box.

None or
						Number of postsecondary degrees
	c.	Did you receive your bachelor’s degree from a Department of Education, College of Education, or School of Education at your college or university?

¹ Yes

² No

20a. Did you have any student teaching (sometimes called practice teaching)?

¹ Yes

2. No 

b. In how many different classrooms did you student teach?

			Number of classrooms

c. How long did your student teaching last?

• If you student taught in more than one classroom, report the total amount of time spent student teaching across all assignments

			Number of weeks

d. How many times did your college or university supervisor(s) provide you with written or verbal feedback

based on observing your delivery of instruction?

• If you student taught in more than one classroom, report the total number of times you received feedback across all assignments.

• If none, select the ‘None’ box.

None or
				Number of times

4 CERTIFICATION

The next series of questions is about state certification. Please read the questions carefully. This section allows teachers to report ONETWO current teaching certificates in the state where they are teaching, plus several content areas per certificate, if applicable. If you hold more than one certificate, please report the certificate you most recently received for teaching in the state where you are teaching. Those who have only one certificate that applies to only one content area DO NOT have to fill out the entire section and should follow the GO TO instructions.

21a. Which of the following describes the teaching certificate you currently hold that certifies you to
teach in THIS state?

• Mark (X) only one box.

¹ Regular or standard state certificate or advanced professional certificate

² Certificate issued after satisfying all requirements except the completion of a probationary period (in some states this is called a probationary certificate)

³ Certificate that requires some additional coursework, student teaching, or passage of a test before regular certification can be obtained (in some states this is called a temporary or provisional certificate)

⁴ Certificate issued to pers­ons who must complete a certification program in order to continue teaching (in some states this is called a waiver or emergency certificate)

⁵ I do not hold any of the above certifications in THIS state 

b. Using Table 2 on page 15, in what content area(s) and grade range(s) does the teaching certificate marked above certify you to teach in THIS state?

• For some teachers, the content area may be the grade level, for example, elementary general, secondary general, etc., or special education.

• If this certificate certifies you to teach in more than one content area, you may report additional content areas in later items. If your certificate does not restrict you to a specific grade range(s), select all three grade ranges.

1) Content Area

2) Grade Range of Certificate (select all that apply)

Content Area Code

Early childhood, preschool, or at least one of grades K-5

At least one of grades 6-8

At least on of grades 9-12

Content Area Label

c. Does this certificate selected in item …a certify you to teach in additional content areas?

¹ Yes 

² No 

YOUR COMMENTS

Table 2. Certification Content Area Codes and Labels
For Questions 21b and 21d

General Education Codes and Labels
Elementary Education 101 Early childhood or Pre-K, general 102 Elementary grades, general 103 Middle grades, general Secondary Education 103 Middle grades, general 104 Secondary grades, general Special Education 111 Special education, general 112 Autism 113 Deaf and hard-of-hearing	114 Developmentally delayed 115 Early childhood special education 116 Emotionally disturbed or behavior disorders 117 Learning disabilities 118 Intellectual disabilities 119 Mildly or moderately disabled 120 Orthopedically impaired 121 Severely or profoundly disabled 122 Speech or language impaired 123 Traumatically brain-injured 124 Visually impaired 125 Other special education 131 Administration 132 Counseling and guidance
Subject-matter Specific Codes and Labels
Arts and Music 141 Art or arts and crafts 143 Dance 144 Drama or theater 145 Music English and Language Arts 151 Communications 152 Composition 153 English 154 Journalism 155 Language arts 157 Literature or literary criticism 158 Reading 159 Speech English as a Second Language 160 ESL or bilingual education: General 161 ESL or bilingual education: Spanish 162 ESL or bilingual education: Other languages Foreign Languages 171 French 172 German 173 Latin 174 Spanish 175 Other foreign language Health Education 181 Health education 182 Physical education Mathematics and Computer Science 190 Mathematics 197 Computer science 200 Statistics and probability Natural Sciences 210 Science, general 211 Biology or life sciences 212 Chemistry 213 Earth sciences 217 Physics 218 Other natural sciences	Social Sciences 220 Social studies, general 221 Anthropology 222 Area or ethnic studies (excluding Native American studies) 225 Economics 226 Geography 227 Government or civics 228 History 231 Native American studies 232 Political science 233 Psychology 234 Sociology 235 Other social sciences Career or Technical Education 241 Agriculture and natural resources 242 Business management 243 Business support 244 Marketing and distribution 245 Healthcare occupations 246 Construction trades, engineering, or science technologies (including CADD and drafting) 247 Mechanics and repair 249 Manufacturing or precision production (electronics, metalwork, textiles, etc.) 250 Communications and related technologies (including design, graphics or printing; not including computer science) 253 Personal and public services (including culinary arts, cosmetology, child care, social work, protective services, custodial services, and interior design) 254 Family and consumer sciences education 255 Industrial arts or technology education 256 Other career or technical education Miscellaneous 262 Driver education 263 Humanities or Liberal studies 264 Library or Information science 265 Military science or ROTC 266 Philosophy 267 Religious studies, theology or divinity Other 268 Other

21. Continued –

d. Using Table 2 on page 15, please record all ADDITIONAL content areas and grade ranges in which this certificate certifies you to teach:

• Please record the content area code and label from Table 2 on page 15

• If your certificate does not restrict you to a specific grade range(s), select all three grade ranges.

Additional Content Area

2) Grade Range of Certificate (select all that apply)

(1)

Content Area Code

Early childhood, preschool, or at least one of grades K-5

At least one of grades 6-8

At least on of grades 9-12

Content Area Label

(2)

Content Area Code

Content Area Label

Early childhood, preschool, or at least one of grades K-5

At least one of grades 6-8

At least on of grades 9-12

(3)

Content Area Code

Content Area Label

Early childhood, preschool, or at least one of grades K-5

At least one of grades 6-8

At least on of grades 9-12

(4)

Content Area Code

Content Area Label

Early childhood, preschool, or at least one of grades K-5

At least one of grades 6-8

At least on of grades 9-12

22. Did you enter teaching through an alternative route to certification program?

• An alternative route to certification program is a program that was designed to expedite the transition of nonteachers to a teaching career, for example, a state, district, or university alternative route to certification program.

¹ Yes

² No

5. TEACHER WORKING CONDITIONS

For questions 23 to 25 please report to the nearest whole hour; do not record fractions of an hour or minutes.

22. How many hours a week are you paid to deliver INSTRUCTION to a class of students in THIS school?

• Example: If your base contract requires you to work 40 hours a week, with 30 of those hours for delivering instruction and 10 hours for planning, monitoring students outside of class time, etc., you would report 30 hours.)

• "PULL-OUT" or "PUSH-IN" TEACHERS: Please include the number of hours you instruct individual students or small groups of students.

			Total WEEKLY hours spent delivering instruction

18. How many hours are you required to work to receive BASE PAY during a typical FULL WEEK at THIS

school?

• This would be base contract hours, or the equivalent, NOT including stipends or extra pay for extra duty

			Total weekly hours required for BASE PAY

19. Including hours spent during the school day, before and after school, and on the weekends, how many hours do you spend on ALL teaching and other school-related activities during a typical FULL WEEK at THIS school?

    			Total WEEKLY hours spent on all teaching and school-related activities

20. On average, over the course of three months, how often would you say that you have interactions with other teachers, both from your school and from other schools, about how to teach ?

• Do not include discussing how to teach a particular topic with other teachers.

• Do not include collaborating with other teachers in planning and preparing instructional materials.

• Include visiting another classroom to learn more about teaching.

• Include working together with other teachers to try out new ideas.

• If, on average, you do not have any interactions with other teachers (as we have defined them), select the “None” box.

None or
				Number of interactions

27. In the LAST SCHOOL YEAR (2013-14), how much of your own money did you spend on classroom supplies,

without reimbursement?

• Please use your best estimate for costs incurred, in whole dollars.

• If none, please select the ‘None’ box.

None or
	$			,					.00

6. SCHOOL CLIMATE AND TEACHER ATTITUDES

28. How much actual influence do you think teachers have over school policy AT THIS SCHOOL in each of the

following areas?

	Select one box on each line.
	No influence	Minor influence	Moderate influence	A great deal of influence
a. Setting performance standards for students at this school	1	2	3	4
b. Establishing curriculum	1	2	3	4
c. Determining the content of in-service professional development programs	1	2	3	4
d. Evaluating teachers	1	2	3	4
e. Hiring new full-time teachers	1	2	3	4
f. Setting discipline policy	1	2	3	4
g. Deciding how the school budget will be spent	1	2	3

29. So far this school year (2014-15), how many times have you been observed IN YOUR CLASSROOM for the purpose of evaluating your performance?

• For the purposes of this question, please consider only instances of formal observations conducted in your classroom by a school administrator for the purpose of evaluating your performance. Formal observations are standardized using an instrument, form, rubric, or checklist.

• Do not include informal observations conducted by a school administrator, coach, mentor, or peer.

• If so far this school year (2014-15), you were not observed (as we have defined it), select the “None” box.

None or
				Number of times

30. How much actual control do you have IN YOUR CLASSROOM at this school over the following areas of

your planning and teaching?

	Select one box on each line.
	No influence	Minor influence	Moderate influence	A great deal of influence
a. Selecting textbooks and other instructional materials	1	2	3	4
b. Selecting content, topics, and skills to be taught	1	2	3	4
c. Selecting teaching techniques	1	2	3	4
d. Evaluating and grading students	1	2	3	4
e. Disciplining students	1	2	3	4
f. Determining the amount of homework to be assigned	1	2	3

31. On average, over the course of three months, how often would you say that you assign homework?

• For the purposes of this question, pick the grade and the subject in which you tend to assign the least amount of homework per month.

• Do not include working on projects, small investigations, or the gathering of data and the writing of long reports as homework.

• Include doing problems/questions sets, reading textbooks or supplementary materials, and short writing assignments as homework.

• If, on average, you do not assign homework (as we have defined it), select the “None” box.

None or
				Number of times

32. To what extent is each of the following a problem in this school?

	Select one box on each line.
	Serious problem	Moderate problem	Minor problem	Not a problem
a. Student tardiness	1	2	3	4
b. Student absenteeism	1	2	3	4
c. Student class cutting	1	2	3	4
d. Teacher absenteeism	1	2	3	4
e. Students dropping out	1	2	3	4
f. Student apathy	1	2	3	4
g. Lack of parental involvement	1	2	3	4
h. Poverty	1	2	3	4
i. Students come to school unprepared to learn	1	2	3	4
j. Poor student health	1	2	3	4

7. GENERAL EMPLOYMENT AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The following questions refer to your BEFORE-TAX earnings from teaching and other employment.

33. How many days are covered by your contract, per contract year?

• Do not include professional development days, that is, non-instructional days meant to be used for your professional development.

• Do include student contact days, and any other days covered by your contract.

			Days per contract year

34. DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, what is your base teaching salary for the entire school year?

• Report amounts in whole dollars.

$				,				.00
									For the entire school year

35. Are you male or female?

¹ Male

2. Female

36a. What is your current marital status?

Mark (X) only one box.

¹ Now married 

² Widowed

³ Separated

⁴ Divorced

⁵ Never married

b. Are you currently living with a boyfriend/girlfriend or partner?

¹ Yes

² No 

c. Are you currently living in a registered domestic partnership or civil union?

¹ Yes

2. No

37. Are you of Hispanic or Latino origin?

¹ Yes

2. No

38. What is your race?

• Select one or more races to indicate what you consider yourself to be.

¹ White

² Black or African-American

³ Asian

⁴ Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

⁵ American Indian or Alaska Native

39. What is your year of birth?

1	9

8. CONTACT INFORMATION

40. Please enter the date you completed this questionnaire.

• Report month as a number, that is, 01 for January, 02 for February, etc.

						2	0	1
MONTH			DAY			YEAR

41. ^{Please indicate how much time it took you to complete this form, not counting interruptions.}

• Please record the time in minutes, e.g., 50 minutes, 65 minutes, etc.

			Minutes

Thank you very much for your participation

in this survey. If you have any questions,

please contact us, toll-free, at: 1-800-221-1204

or by e-mail at: [email protected].

To learn more about this survey and to

access reports from earlier collections, see

the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) website at:

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps

Additional data collected by the National

Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on

a variety of topics in elementary,

secondary, postsecondary, and

international education are available

from NCES’ website at:

http://nces.ed.gov

For additional data collected by various

Federal agencies, including the

Department of Education, visit the

Federal Statistics clearinghouse at:

http://www.fedstats.gov