84% of our Teachers are females

From 97471.pdf

NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

Statistical Analysis Report July 1997

Satisfaction Among America’s Teachers: Effects of Workplace Conditions, Background Characteristics, and Teacher Compensation

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Educational Research and Improvement NCES 97–XXX

For example, although 84 percent of all public elementary school teachers were female, almost 89 percent of the most satisfied public elementary school teachers were female, compared to 80 percent of the least satisfied public elementary school teachers. The only school type that showed no differences in the percentage of females between the most and least satisfied teachers was private secondary schools. In addition, the grade taught offered some distinguishing information; at the elementary level, the most satisfied teachers were more likely to teach grades 1}{\b\f1\fs23 -}{\fs23 4 than grades 5}{\b\f1\fs23 -}{\fs23 8, and the least satisfied teachers were more likely to teach grades 5}{\b\f1\fs23 -}{\fs23 8 than 1}{\b\f1\fs23 -}{\fs23 4. Finally, in public schools, the most satisfied teachers were more likely to be from urban fringes than from central cities, and the least satisfied teachers were more likely to be from central cities than from the urban fringe. Private schools are more likely to be located in central cities than in any other type of community, and there were no differences between the most and least satisfied teachers. There were no consistent differences found for the race/ethnicity of the teacher, the teacher's education background, or the teacher's main teaching field. Once again, the one exception to these findings was in private secondary schools. The least satisfied teachers in these schools were more likely to teach foreign language (22 percent) than science (6 percent). The most satisfied teachers were equally likely to teach foreign language, math, and science; they showed no differences in main teaching field.}}

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