This report presents selected findings from the Public School Teacher and Private School Teacher Data Files of the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated with…

This report presents selected findings from the school teacher data files of the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education-funded (BIE) K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The public school…

This report presents, in tabular format, the following information: (1) FTE Enrollment, FY 2002 to FY 2006; (2) Cost of Instruction Per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Student; (3) State Support (SSI) Per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Student; (4) Average and Median Undergraduate Class Size in Fall 2005--Classes Meeting as Lectures; (5) Average and Median…

A continuing need for comprehensive and timely information about the public school teachers of the United States led the National Education Association (NEA) Research Division in 1956 to develop the first of a series of surveys and subsequent reports covering various aspects of teachers' professional, family, and civic lives. The NEA has conducted…

Charts and graphs display research findings on the vocational teacher's job in such areas as hours spent on teaching and ancillary duties, class size, special needs students, basic skills proficiency, inservice training, classroom observation, and status of equipment and materials. (SK)

Registration data for students enrolled in regular credit classes at six Hawaii community colleges during Fall 1980 were examined to measure instructor workload in terms of class size, average semester hours taught, and the average hours in contact with students. Major findings reveal that, during Fall 1980, 19,359 students were enrolled in 2,837…

This report organizes fall, 1975 registration data for the seven Hawaii community colleges in tabular form. The focus of the report is on faculty workload in terms of the classroom situation: credits and classes taught, student credit hours generated, and class size. There was a general increase in the number of courses, classes, credit hours,…

This report describes faculty teaching load for fall 1977 in the Hawaii community college system as measured in terms of average semester hours taught, average hours in contact with students, and class size. The data were based on students registered in regular credit programs in the system. A general decrease in the number of courses, semester…

The statistical data in this report deal with characteristics of the Canadian teaching force that are particularly relevant to the effects of the declining enrollment phenomenon. Emphasis is given to data on class size, full-time or part-time employment status, teaching assignments (single or multi-grade), and languages of instruction in the…

Fall 1979 student registration data for the seven Hawaii community colleges were examined to determine faculty teaching load as measured by average semester hours taught, average hours in contact with students, and average class size. The study revealed that Fall 1979 enrollment was slightly higher than the previous Fall's; that there were…

A national study of faculty compensation, fringe benefits, and workload policies was conducted by a joint committee of faculty and administrators at Johnson County Community College (JCCC). On the basis of size, comparability with JCCC, and judgment of committee members, 53 colleges in 21 states were selected for the survey. Study findings, based…

Prepared by the Instructional Assignment Review Committee in response to a legislative mandate to conduct a "comprehensive review of all aspects of instructional assignments" in the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario, this report analyzes historical trends and patterns, reviews faculty and administrator perceptions of…

The academic productivity and financial status of 59 teacher education programs in state universities and land-grant colleges were determined through surveys completed in summer 1979. Data were provided on 210 variables in the major categories of: (1) accredited programs; (2) faculty, faculty load, and salaries; (3) budgets and Full Time…

Vocational course taking declined between 1982 and 1992, with especially large enrollment decreases occurring in general labor market preparation and consumer/homemaking education. Only a small proportion of 1992 high school graduates specialized in vocational education (VE). Among occupationally specific VE programs, business, and trade and…

The Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States was organized in 1895. Each year a formal report is required of all secondary schools seeking accreditment. At the Charleston, South Carolina, meeting, December, 1925, the association authorized the commission on secondary schools to prepare a detailed statistical report of…