NOTICE

FORM

(11-22-99)

SASS-4B

SCHOOLS AND STAFFING SURVEY

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

This report is authorized by law (20 U.S. Code 9003). The results

will be reported in statistical summaries.

1999–2000 SCHOOL YEAR

PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE

Conducted by:

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OMB No. 1850-0598: Approval Expires 09/30/2001

NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY:

Friends Council on Education

Association of Christian Schools International

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

Christian Schools International

Council for American Private Education

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Department of School Ministry

Board for Congregational Services

National Christian School Association

Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship

United States Catholic Conference

National Association of Private Schools for

Exceptional Children

American Montessori Society

American Muslim Council

Association of Christian Teachers and Schools

Jesuit Secondary Education Association

National Association of Independent Schools

The National Catholic Educational Association

National Coalition of Girls’ Schools

National Independent Private Schools Association

North American Division of Seventh Day Adventists

Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew

Day Schools

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
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Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651. If you have comments or concerns about the content

of this questionnaire, write directly to: Schools and Staffing Survey, National Center for

Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20208.

Paperwork Burden Statement

WHO IS CONDUCTING THIS SURVEY?

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education

requests your participation in this survey. The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting this

survey by the authority of Section 405(b) of the National Education Statistics Act of 1994,

as amended (20 USC 9003).

WHY IS NCES SPONSORING THIS SURVEY?

The purpose of this survey is to obtain information about teachers, such as teaching field,

teaching workload, and teaching experience. We will report your data only in statistical

summaries so that individuals cannot be identified.

WHY SHOULD YOU PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY?

We are conducting this survey with only a sample of teachers. Therefore, the value of your

individual contribution is greatly increased because it represents many other teachers. We

encourage you to participate in this voluntary survey.

WHERE SHOULD YOU MAIL YOUR COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE?

Please return your completed questionnaire in the enclosed envelope. If you do not have

the return envelope, please call 1–800–221–1204, or mail your questionnaire to:

U.S. Census Bureau 

ATTN: CPB

1201 E. 10th Street

Jeffersonville, IN 47132–0001

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT.

DEAR TEACHER:

SINCERELY,

GARY W. PHILLIPS

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION STATISTICS

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INSTRUCTIONS

The person named on the label –

0050 Has transferred to another school

Has retired

Is deceased

We suggest using a pencil or a ballpoint pen to answer this questionnaire.

If you have any questions, call the 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).

Please keep count of the time you spend completing this questionnaire. At the end

of the survey, you are asked to record the amount of time needed to complete it.

Please record the time you begin.

1

4

5

2

3

a.

b.

c.

Time started

Please STOP now and

return this questionnaire

to the U.S. Census

Bureau. Thank you for

your time.

YOUR COMMENTS

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:






Please STOP now and return this questionnaire to

the Census Bureau. Thank you for your time.

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).

Do you TEACH any regularly-scheduled class(es) at this school?

Mark (X) only one box.

Regular full-time teacher

Regular part-time teacher

Itinerant teacher (i.e., your assignment requires you 

to provide instruction at more than one school)

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)

Short-term substitute

How do you classify your main assignment at THIS school, that is, the

activity at which you spend most of your time during this school year?

0051 1

2

3

4

7

8

Student teacher

Teacher aide

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

Library media specialist or librarian

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

Support staff (e.g., secretary)

1 Yes

2 No

9

10

11

5

6

GO to item 2 on page 6.

c.

GENERAL INFORMATION: Items 1–7 I This section asks for general information about your teaching and other experiences.

➔

1a.

b. Which box did you mark in item 1a above?

Box 1 

Box 8, 9, 10 or 11

Box 5, 6 or 7

Box 2, 3 or 4 ➔

➔

➔

➔

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1

2

3

4

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GO to item 4a on page 7.

GO to item 2 on page 6.

Please STOP now and return this questionnaire

to the Census Bureau. Thank you for your time.

0052
2.

Mark (X) only one box.

How much time do you work as a TEACHER at THIS school?

Full time

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

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

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

Less than 1/4 time

1

2

3

4

5

0054

3. Please continue with item 4a on the next page.

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YOUR COMMENTS
4a. What was your MAIN activity LAST school year?

1 Teaching in this school

Mark (X) only one box.

3 Teaching in another private elementary or secondary school IN THIS STATE

Teaching in a PUBLIC elementary or secondary school

4 Teaching in a private elementary or secondary school in ANOTHER STATE

5

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 Caring for family members

12 Military service

13 Unemployed and seeking work

14 Retired from another job

15 Other – Please specify

0059

Did you mark box 10 (Working in an occupation outside the field of education) 

in item 4a?

c. What kind of work were you doing? 

Yes

No

1

2

Please record your job title; for example, electrical engineer, cashier, typist, farmer,

loan officer.

Office use only

GO to item 5 on page 8.

Job title

0060

5061

0061

b.

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5059
4d.

If your assignment at this school has included a break in service of one year or more,

please report the year that you returned to this school from your most recent break in

service. 

In what year did you begin teaching in THIS school?

0064

9061

Do not include time spent as a student teacher.

0063

5.

What were your most important activities or duties at that job?

e. In addition to this main activity, were you also teaching in one or more of

grades K–12 last school year?

f. How would you classify that teaching position?

1

2

3

4

5

0062

Regular full-time teacher

Regular part-time teacher

Substitute teacher

Itinerant teacher

Other – Please specify

For example, data entry, selling cars, driving delivery truck, caring for livestock.

1

2 GO to item 5 below.

Mark (X) only one box.

Yes 

No

YOUR COMMENTS

Year

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1 9

5063
6a. How many years have you worked as a FULL-TIME elementary or secondary

teacher in PRIVATE schools?

b. How many years did you teach FULL-TIME in public schools?

Include the current school year if you are a full-time teacher this year. Record whole

years, not fractions or months.

How many years have you worked as a PART-TIME elementary or secondary

teacher in PRIVATE schools?

Include the current school year if you are a part-time teacher this year. Record whole

years, not fractions or months.

b.

Have you ever worked as an elementary or secondary teacher in a PUBLIC

SCHOOL?

Record whole years, not fractions or months.

c. How many years did you teach PART-TIME in public schools?

Record whole years, not fractions or months.

Yes 

No

1

2 GO to item 8a on page 11.

0067

0068

0065

0069

0066

➔

0

Year(s)

None

0

Year(s)

None

0

Year(s)

None

0

Year(s)

None

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7a.
TABLE 1. MAJOR AND MINOR FIELD OF STUDY CODES

For questions 8, 10, and 11

Education – Subject Areas

Agricultural education

Physical education

Reading education

Social studies/social science education Other Areas

Agriculture and natural resources

American Indian/Native American studies

Architecture, environmental design

Business and management

Computer science

Family and consumer science (home economics)

Engineering

Special Education

Special education, general

EDUCATION FIELDS

01

Natural Sciences

Biology/Life science

Mathematics education

Emotionally disturbed or behavior disorders

Learning disabilities

Early childhood education or pre-elementary

education

Foreign Languages

French

Mathematics

Health education Mathematics

Indian education (Native American)

Deaf and hard-of-hearing

German

Geology/Earth science

Law

Multi- or interdisciplinary studies

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General Education

Prekindergarten

Secondary education

Elementary education

Art education

Bilingual education

Business education

Cross-cultural education

English as a Second Language education

English/language arts education

Music education

Religious education

Science education

Kindergarten

Foreign languages education

Trades and industry/industrial arts education

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Family and consumer science education

02

03

04

05

Autism

Developmentally delayed

Early childhood special education

Mildly or moderately disabled

Orthopedically impaired

Severely or profoundly disabled

Speech or language impaired

Traumatically brain injured

Visually impaired

Other special education

Mentally retarded

Other Education

Counseling and guidance

Curriculum and instruction

Educational administration

Educational psychology

Other education

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

GENERAL FIELDS

45 Art, fine and applied

Arts

Drama or theater

Other visual/performing arts

Music

46

47

48

English

English literature or composition

Communications or journalism

49

50

Latin

Russian

Spanish 

Other languages

51

52

53

54

55

56

Statistics

57

58

Chemistry

Physics

Other natural sciences

59

60

61

62

63

Military science

Library and information science

Other area or ethnic studies

General studies

Health professions and occupations

Humanities

Philosophy

Public administration or service

Religion or theology

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

Social Sciences

Economics

History

Political science and government

Psychology

Sociology

Other social sciences

All Other Areas

82

88

83

84

85

86

87
CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING INFORMATION: Items 8–26 

This section asks for information on your certification, academic degrees, preparation

programs and other formal training.

GO to item 11a on page 13.

8a.

0075

d. Did you have a second major field of study?

e. What was your second major field of study?

f. Did you have a minor field of study?

Do you have a bachelor’s degree?

c. What was your major field of study?

Code Major field

b. In what year did you receive your bachelor’s degree?

Code

Second 

major field

0071

g. What was your minor field of study?

Code

What is the name of the college or university where you earned your bachelor’s degree?

Name of college 

or university

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

1

2 GO to item 8f below.

Yes

No

1

2 GO to item 9a below.

Record the field of study code and the field name from Table 1 on page 10.

Record the field of study code and the field name from Table 1 on page 10.

Record the field of study code and the field name from Table 1 on page 10.

0070

0073

Office use only

0072

0074

0076

5077

0077

5072

5074

Minor field

5076

9a.

0

b. In what city and state is it located?

Located outside United States

City State

Office use only

5078

0079

0078

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➔

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Year
10a.

b. What was your major field of study?

Do you have a master’s degree?

Record the field of study code and the field name from Table 1 on page 10.

Code Major field

c. In what year did you receive your master’s degree?

Yes

No

1

2 GO to item 11a on page 13.

0080

0081

5081

0082 Year

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YOUR COMMENTS
GO to item 12 on page 15.

Yes

No

1

2

Have you earned any other degrees?

0083

11a.

b. What other degree(s)

have you earned?

1 Associate degree

Educational

specialist or

professional

diploma (at least

one year beyond

master’s level)

Certificate of

Advanced

Graduate

Studies

Doctorate or

first professional

degree (Ph.D.,

Ed.D., M.D.,

L.L.B., J.D.,

D.D.S.)

SECOND

bachelor’s

degree

SECOND

master’s degree

c. What was your major field of

study for each degree?

d. In what year did

you receive each

degree?

Code

Major field

Code

Major field

Code

Major field

0084

Code

Major field

Code

Major field

Code

Major field

1

1

1

1

1

0085

5085

0088

0091

0094

0097

0100

5088

5091

5094

5097

5100

0087

0090

0093

0096

➔

0086 Year

0089 Year

0092 Year

0095 Year

0098 Year

0101 Year

Record the field of study code and

the field name from Table 1 on

page 10.

Mark (X) all that apply

below.

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01

02

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General

TABLE 2. TEACHING ASSIGNMENT FIELD CODES

For questions 12, 15b, 17b, and 18

Foreign Languages

French 

Russian

Spanish 

Accounting

Business/office

Trades and industry (e.g., CADD, electronics

repair, mechanics, precision production)

Other vocational/technical education

Social studies or social science (including history)

Chemistry

Earth/space science/geology

General science

Physical science

Physics

Other natural sciences

Physical education

Biology or life science

Special Education

Special education, general

Autism

Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Developmentally delayed

Early childhood special education

Emotionally disturbed or behavior disorders

Mentally retarded

Mildly/moderately disabled

Orthopedically impaired

Severely/profoundly disabled

Speech/language impaired

Traumatically brain-injured

Visually impaired

Other special education

Elementary

Kindergarten

Prekindergarten

Special Areas

American Indian/Native American studies

Architecture or environmental design

Basic skills or remedial education

English as a Second Language

Gifted

Health education

Military science

Family and consumer science (home economics)

Mathematics

Music

Philosophy

Religion 

German 

Latin

Other foreign languages

Health occupations

Food services

Cosmetology

Communications technologies

Career education

Agricultural or natural resources

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

English or Language Arts

Reading

Journalism

English or language arts

21

22

Science

Vocational-Technical Education

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

Learning disabilities

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

63

64 All Others

Art

Bilingual education

Computer science

Dance

Drama/Theater

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31
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2

THIS school year, what is your MAIN teaching assignment field at this school,

that is, the field in which you teach the most classes?

GO TO item 14a on page 16.

b. What type of certificate do you hold in this field?

Mark (X) only one box.

0103 Yes

No ➔

12.

5102

Record the assignment field code and the assignment field name from Table 2 on page 14.

Main assignment

field

Regular or standard state certificate or advanced professional certificate

Provisional or other type given to persons who are still participating in what the state

calls an "alternative certification program"

3

Probationary certificate (the initial certificate issued after satisfying all requirements

except the completion of a probationary period)

4 Temporary certificate (requires some additional college coursework and/or student

teaching before regular certification can be obtained)

5 Emergency certificate or waiver (issued to persons with insufficient teacher preparation

who must complete a regular certification program in order to continue teaching)

If you teach two fields EQUALLY, report one field here and the other in item 15 on page 16.

0102 Code

Do you have a teaching certificate in this state in your MAIN teaching

assignment field?

13a.

1

2

c. Did you mark box 1 or 2 in item 13b above?

1

2 GO TO item 14a on next page.

Yes

No ➔

0105 ➔ Continue with item 13d on next page.

0104 0 Full certification by an accrediting or certifying body OTHER THAN THE STATE
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13d. How did you earn this certificate in your MAIN teaching assignment field?

0106 As part of a bachelor’s degree program

2

3

4

Mark (X) only one box.

5

After I began teaching, as part of an alternative program

Before I began teaching, as part of an alternative program 

Through continuing professional development

Other – Please specify 

6

7

As part of a "5th year" program

As part of a master’s degree program







GO 

to 

ITEM

15a.

5106

1

GO to item 15a below.

Are you currently in a program to obtain state certification in your MAIN teaching

assignment field?

Which of the following best describes this program?

1

2

3

University or college program

Program offered by your school 

Other – Please specify

0107

0108

b.

Assignment 

field

Yes

No

1

2

5108

5110

14a.

➔

Mark (X) only one box.

15a.

GO to item 17a on page 17.

This school year, are you assigned to teach classes in OTHER fields at this school, in

addition to your MAIN teaching assignment field?

Yes

No

1

2 ➔

0109

b. In what OTHER teaching assignment field do you teach the most classes?

Please record the assignment field code and the assignment field name from 

Table 2 on page 14.

0110 Code 
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Do you have a teaching certificate in this state in your OTHER teaching

assignment field at this school?

16a.

GO to item 17a below.

Do you currently hold ANY ADDITIONAL regular or standard state certificate or

advanced professional teaching certificate in this state or any other state?

0111 Yes

No

1

2

17a.

➔

GO to item 18 below.

Yes

No

1

2 ➔

0113

b. In what teaching assignment fields are these certificates?

Please record the code(s), as appropriate, from Table 2 on page 14.

Code 

0114

1 Regular or standard state certificate or advanced professional certificate

Probationary certificate (the initial certificate issued after satisfying all requirements

except the completion of a probationary period)

Provisional or other type given to persons who are still participating in what the state

calls an "alternative certification program"

Temporary certificate (requires some additional college coursework and/or student

teaching before regular certification can be obtained)

Emergency certificate or waiver (issued to persons with insufficient teacher preparation

who must complete a regular certification program in order to continue teaching)

2

3

4

Mark (X) only one.

5

b. What type of teaching certificate do you hold in this field?

Code 

0115

Code 

0116

Code 

0117

Code 

0118

Code 

0119

18. What was your main teaching assignment field LAST school year?

Same as this year

Different from this year

1

2

Please record the assignment field code and the assignment field name 

from Table 2 on page 14.

Code 

0121

3 I did not teach last school year

0120

0120

Assignment 

field 5121

0112 0 Full certification by an accrediting or certifying body OTHER THAN THE STATE
GO to Section III on page 21.

Was your first year of teaching, reported in item 19a above, BEFORE the

1995–1996 school year?

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In what year did you begin your first teaching position, either full-time or

part-time, at the elementary or secondary level?

19a.

Yes

No

1

2

0123 ➔

Do not count practice teaching.

b.

0122 1 9 Year

Coursework in how to select and adapt instructional materials?

Coursework in learning theory or psychology appropriate to the age of

students you teach?

Your observation of other classroom teaching?

Feedback on your teaching?

0124

0125

How long did your practice teaching last?

1

2

3

4

0128 I had no practice teaching

4 weeks or less

5–9 weeks

10 weeks or more

Did your preparation for teaching include –

Yes 

No

1

2

(1)

Yes 

No

1

2

(2)

(3)

(4)

0126

0127

c.

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

20.

Mark (X) only one box.

YOUR COMMENTS
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21.

Did you receive the following kinds of support during your first year of teaching?

0136

In your first year of teaching, how well 

prepared were you to – Very well

prepared

Well

prepared

Somewhat

prepared

Not at all

prepared

Handle a range of classroom management or

discipline situations?

Use a variety of instructional methods?

Teach your subject matter?

Use computers in classroom instruction?

Plan lessons effectively?

Assess students?

Select and adapt curriculum and 

instructional materials?

0129 12 34

0130

0131

0132

0133

0134

0135

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

12 34

12 34

12 34

12 34

12 34

12 34

22. In your first year of teaching, did you participate in a teacher induction program?

Yes 

No

1

2

23.

Reduced teaching schedule

Reduced number of preparations

Common planning time with teachers in your subject

Seminars or classes for beginning teachers

Extra classroom assistance (e.g., teacher aides)

Regular supportive communication with your principal, other administrators, 

or department chair

0137

0138

0139

0140

0141

0142

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

If you are in your first year of teaching, please answer for THIS school year.

If you are in your first year of teaching, please answer for THIS school year.
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24. Were the following duties part of your first-year teaching assignment?

Extracurricular assignments

Travel to more than one school to teach

Administrative duties (including lunchroom, hall, and recess duties)

0143

0145

a.

0144

b.

c.

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Classes with discipline problems

0146

d.

Yes 

No

1

2

25a. In your first year of teaching, did you work closely with a master or

mentor teacher?

Was this teacher’s subject area the same as yours?

0147

b.

0148

In your first year of teaching, to what extent did your master or

mentor teacher help you?

0149 1

Not

at all

To a great 

extent

2345

Yes 

No

1

2 ➔

Yes 

No

1

2

26.

YOUR COMMENTS

GO to Section III on page 21.

If you are in your first year of teaching, please answer for THIS school year.

If you are in your first year of teaching, please answer for THIS school year.

If you are in your first year of teaching, please answer for THIS school year.
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27.

Yes 

No

1

2

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Items 27–32 III This section asks about various professional development activities and their impact.

In the past 12 months, have you participated in the following activities

RELATED TO TEACHING?

University course(s) taken for recertification or advanced certification in your

MAIN teaching assignment field or other teaching field, as reported in item 12

on page 15 and item 15b on page 16

University course(s) in your MAIN teaching assignment field

Observational visits to other schools

Individual or collaborative research on a topic of interest to you professionally

0150

a.

b.

c.

d.

0151

0152

0153

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Yes 

No

1

2

Exclude courses taken for your initial certification in your main teaching assignment field or

other teaching field(s).

Attending workshops, conferences or training

Workshops, conferences or training in which you were the presenter

h.

i.

0157 1

2

Yes

No

0158 1

2

Yes

No

e.

0154

Regularly-scheduled collaboration with other teachers on issues of instruction

Participating in a network of teachers (e.g., one organized by an outside agency

or over the Internet)

g.

Mentoring and/or peer observation and coaching, as part of a formal

arrangement that is recognized or supported by the school

f.

Exclude administrative meetings.

0155

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

0156 1

2

Yes

No

Exclude courses taken for recertification or advanced certification.
28a. In the past 12 months, have you participated in any professional development

activities that focused on in-depth study of the content in your MAIN teaching

assignment field?

0159

GO to item 28c on page 23.

8 hours or less

9–16 hours

17–32 hours

33 hours or more

0160

NOTE: Your main teaching assignment is the field in which you teach the most classes, 

as reported in item 12 on page 15.

(1) In the past 12 months, how many hours did you spend on the activities? 

Mark (X) only one box.

Not useful

at all

Very 

useful

(2) Overall, how useful were these activities to you?

0161

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22

3

4

23 4 5

➔

1

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

(1) In the past 12 months, how many hours did you spend on the activities? 

Mark (X) only one box.

(2) Overall, how useful were these activities to you?

0164

0163

0162

28b. In the past 12 months, have you participated in any professional development

activities that focused on content and performance standards in your MAIN

teaching assignment field?

GO to item 28b below.

Not useful

at all

Very 

useful

➔

1

2

Yes

No

8 hours or less

9–16 hours

17–32 hours

33 hours or more

3

4

1

2

1 23 4 5
0165

0166

(1) In the past 12 months, how many hours did you spend on the activities? 

Mark (X) only one box.

(2) Overall, how useful were these activities to you?

0167

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28c. In the past 12 months, have you participated in any professional development

activities that focused on methods of teaching?

Not useful

at all

Very 

useful

➔ GO to item 28d below.

1

2

Yes

No

8 hours or less

9–16 hours

17–32 hours

33 hours or more

3

4

1

2

1 23 4 5

(1) In the past 12 months, how many hours did you spend on the activities? 

Mark (X) only one box.

(2) Overall, how useful were these activities to you?

0169

0168

(1)

In the past 12 months, have you participated in any professional development

activities that focused on uses of computers for instruction?

28d.

Not useful

at all

Very 

useful

0170

8 hours or less

9–16 hours

17–32 hours

33 hours or more

3

4

1

2

1 23 4 5

➔ GO to item 28e on page 24.

1

2

Yes

No
0172

In the past 12 months, have you participated in any professional development

activities that focused on student assessment, such as methods of testing,

evaluation, performance assessment, etc?

(1) In the past 12 months, how many hours did you spend on the activities? 

Mark (X) only one box.

28e.

(2) Overall, how useful were these activities to you?

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Not useful

at all

Very 

useful

0173

➔

1

2

Yes

No

0171

8 hours or less

9–16 hours

17–32 hours

33 hours or more

3

4

1

2

1 23 4 5

GO to item 28g below.

0174

0175

(1) In the past 12 months, how many hours did you spend on the activities? 

Mark (X) only one box.

(2) Overall, how useful were these activities to you?

In the past 12 months, have you participated in any professional development

activities that focused on other topics not included in 28a-28f above?

Please specify the topic.

28g.

0176

➔

5177

Not useful

at all

Very 

useful

In the past 12 months, have you participated in any professional development

activities that focused on student discipline and management in the classroom?

28f.

8 hours or less

9–16 hours

17–32 hours

33 hours or more

3

4

23 4 5

➔

1

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

1

2

Yes

No

0177

GO to item 28f below.
29. Thinking about ALL of the professional development you have participated in

over the past 12 months, how useful was it?

0178

Not useful

at all

Very 

useful

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1 23 4 5

30.

Release time from teaching (i.e., your regular teaching responsibilities were

temporarily assigned to someone else)

Scheduled time in the contract year for professional development

Stipend for professional development activities that took place outside regular

work hours

Full or partial reimbursement of college tuition

Reimbursement for conference or workshop fees

For the professional development in which you participated in the last 12

months, did you receive the following types of support?

a.

b.

c.

d.

0180

e.

0181

0183

0184

f. Reimbursement for travel and/or daily expenses

0179

0182

YOUR COMMENTS

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No
From the list of topics below, select the three that are your top priorities for

YOUR OWN additional professional development.

1 – Student discipline and behavior problems

2 – Teaching students with special needs (e.g., limited-English proficient, special

0188

Enter the appropriate code (1–7) for each priority.

First priority

0189

0190

Second priority

Third priority

As a result of completing these professional development activities, did you

receive the following rewards?

Credits towards re-certification or advanced certification in your main teaching

assignment field or other teaching field(s)

Increase in salary or other pay increases as a result of participating in

professional development activities

a.

b.

c. Recognition or higher ratings on an annual teacher evaluation

31.

32.

YOUR COMMENTS

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1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

Yes

No

0185

0186

0187

education)

3 – Use of technology in instruction

4 – My main subject field 

5 – Content and performance standards in my subject area

6 – Methods of teaching

7 – Student assessment
Continue with item 35 below.

GO to item 37 on page 29.

CLASS ORGANIZATION: Items 33–38 

This section asks about your meetings with other teachers and the organization of

classes in your school. IV

In which grades are the students in the classes you currently teach at THIS

school?

Which category best describes the way YOUR classes at this school are

organized?

Mark (X) only one box.

Ungraded 

Prekindergarten

Kindergarten 

1st

Mark (X) all that apply.

6th

7th

8th

9th

Elementary Enrichment Class – You teach only one subject (e.g., art, music,

physical education, computer skills) in an elementary school.

Self-Contained Class – You teach multiple subjects to the same class of students

all or most of the day.

Team Teaching – You collaborate with one or more teachers in teaching multiple

subjects to the same class of students.

"Pull-Out" Class – You provide instruction (e.g., special education, reading) to

certain students who are released from their regular classes.

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

10th

11th

12th

0191

0192

0193

0194

0195

0196

0197

0198

0199

0200

0201

0202

0203

0204

0205

0206

If you teach at more than one school, report only for the classes you teach at

THIS SCHOOL.

Which box did you mark in item 34a above?

34a.

b.

Box 1 or 2

Box 3, 4, or 5

33.

➔

➔

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35. At THIS school, what is the total number of students enrolled in the class you

taught during your most recent FULL WEEK of teaching?

If you teach two or more classes per day, please enter the average number of

students in a class or section.

Students

YOUR COMMENTS

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

0207

Departmentalized Instruction – You teach subject matter courses (e.g., biology,

history, keyboarding) to several classes of different students all or most of the day.

0208
GO to Section V on page 33.

a. English/Reading /Language arts

During your most recent FULL WEEK of teaching, approximately how many hours

did you spend teaching each of these subjects at THIS school?

If you taught two or more subjects at the same time, apportion the time to each

subject as best you can. Report hours to the nearest whole hour; do not record

fractions or minutes. If you did not teach a particular subject during the week, mark (X)

the "None" box.

Hours per week

b. Arithmetic/Mathematics

c. Social studies/History

d. Science







0209

0210

0211

0212

36.

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Hours per week

Hours per week

Hours per week

0 None

0 None

0 None

0 None

YOUR COMMENTS
During your MOST RECENT FULL WEEK of teaching, how many separate classes

(or sections) did you teach AT THIS SCHOOL?

Do not include:

If you teach two or more classes (or sections) of the same subject (e.g., algebra I) to

different groups of students at this school, count them as separate classes (or sections).

EXAMPLE:

(1) If you teach chemistry to two classes (or sections) of students and physics to

two classes (or sections) of students, you would report 4 classes (or sections).

(2) If you teach English III to four classes (or sections) of students and journalism

to one class (or section), you would report 5 classes (or sections).

(3) If you teach drama to one class (or section) of students at THIS school and

English IV to two classes (or sections) of students at ANOTHER school, you

would report 1 class (or section).

Number of classes (or sections)

• Homeroom periods

• Study halls

• Classes (or sections) taught at any other school

0213

37.

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YOUR COMMENTS
TABLE 3. SUBJECT MATTER CODES FOR QUESTION 38

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

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30

Visual and Performing Arts

Arts and crafts

Band

Chorus

Drama/theater/dance

Filmmaking and photography

Music

Other visual/performing arts

Foreign Languages

French 

Social Science

Social studies

Civics

Economics

Geography

Political science/government

Sociology/social organization

Other social science

Composition/journalism/creative

writing

English as a Second Language

Literature

Reading

Vocational Education

Agriculture or natural resources

Business/office

Career education

Child care

Communications technologies

Cosmetology

Food services

Health occupations

Vocational family and consumer science

Mathematics

Algebra, elementary

Algebra, intermediate

Analytic geometry

Basic and general mathematics

Business and applied math

Calculus

Geometry

Pre-algebra

Statistics and probability

Trigonometry

Other math

Computer Science

Biology or life science

Chemistry

Geology/earth science/space science

Integrated science

Other natural science

Other Areas

Driver education

Health education

Nonvocational family and consumer science 

(home economics)

Philosophy

Physical education

Physics

Accounting

Keyboarding

Trades and industry (e.g., CADD, electronics

repair, mechanics, precision production)

Other vocational-technical education

Other English/language arts courses

German 

Latin 

Russian

Spanish

Other foreign languages

Integrated math

Natural Science

Computer awareness/applications

Computer programming

Other computer science

Other physical science

World civilization

Religion

Other courses not elsewhere classified

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

Pre-calculus

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

68

Algebra, advanced

Psychology

History

English or Language Arts

69

70

71

72
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For each class (or section) that you taught during your MOST RECENT 

FULL WEEK of teaching at this school –

38.

a. What subject did you teach? b. How many students 

were enrolled in the 

class (or section)?

(1) Code Subject

Students

(2) Code

(3) Code

(4) Code

(5) Code

(6) Code

(7) Code

(8) Code

Please complete a line of the table below for each class (or section) that you taught. The

number of lines filled should equal the number of classes (or sections) reported in item 37.

0214

0216

0218

0220

0222

0224

0226

0228

5214

0215

Subject

Students

5216

0217

Subject

Students

5218

0219

Subject

Students

5220

0221

(9) Code

0230

(10) Code

0232

Subject

Students

5222

0223

Subject

Students

5224

0225

Subject

Students

5226

0227

Subject

Students

5228

0229

Subject

Students

5230

0231

Subject

Students

5232

0233

Example: Code Subject

Students

Record the appropriate subject matter code and the name of

the subject from Table 3 on page 30.
32

FORM SASS-4B (11-22-99)

Continued – 

For each class (or section) that you taught during your MOST RECENT

FULL WEEK of teaching at this school –

38.

(11) Code Subject

Students

(12) Code

(13) Code

(14) Code

(15) Code

0234

0236

0238

0240

0242

5234

0235

Students

5236

0237

Students

5238

0239

Students

5240

0241

Students

5242

0243

YOUR COMMENTS

a. What subject did you teach? b. How many

students were

enrolled in the

class (or

section)?

Record the appropriate subject matter code and the name of

the subject from Table 3 on page 30.

Subject

Subject

Subject

Subject
33

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1

2

b.

0244

Yes

No

RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS: Items 39–50 

This set of questions asks about different types of students, the resources provided for V teaching them, and your use of student assessment scores.

39a.

Students with an IEP

0 None ➔ GO TO item 41 below.

Special aide or personal assistant

Do you or these students receive the following types of support in your classroom?

In the last 3 years, have you had 8 hours or more of training or professional

development on how to teach special education students?

Of all the students you teach at this school, how many are of limited-English

proficiency? 

In the last 3 years, have you had 8 hours or more of training or professional

development on how to teach limited-English proficient students?

Accommodations such as more time on tests or behavioral management plan

Consulting/itinerant teacher

0245

0247

(1)

(2)

(3)

(Students of limited-English proficiency 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.)

0248

1

2

Yes

No

0246

1

2

Yes

No

40.

1

2

Yes

No

41.

0249

Students

0 None ➔ GO TO item 43 on page 34.

42.

0250 1

2

Yes

No

Of all the students you teach at this school, how many have disabilities or are special

education students, that is, how many have an Individual Education Plan (IEP)?
GO to Section VI on page 37.

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FORM SASS-4B (11-22-99)

1

2

Yes

No

43.

0255

46.

1

2

Yes

No

47a.

➔ GO TO item 48 below.

48.

Using the scale 1–5 where 1 is "Not at all" and 5 is "To a great extent," to what extent

do you use state standards to guide your instructional practice in your main teaching

assignment field?

Not

at all

To a 

great 

extent

1234

Do you use different groupings of students in your classroom to teach students who

learn at different rates?

Are students assigned to your classes on the basis of achievement or ability level?

Are you a Title I teacher, that is, are you paid in full or in part by federal funds under

the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?

0251

0252 5

0254

Do you receive your students’ scores on standardized achievement tests?

b.

2 3 4 5

(1) To group students into different

instructional groups by

achievement or ability?

(2) To assess areas where you need to

strengthen your content knowledge

or teaching practice?

(3) To adjust your curriculum in areas

where your students encountered

problems?

Using the scale 1–5, where 1 is "Not at all"

and 5 is "To a great extent," to what

extent do you use the information from

your students’ test scores –

1

Not 

at all

To a 

great

extent

0256

0257

0258

Mark (X) one box on each line.

Do students in any of your classes use computers during class time?

0259

44.

45.

1

2

Yes

No

0253

1

2

Yes

No

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5

1

2

Yes

➔

➔ Continue with item 49 on next page.

No
FORM SASS-4B (11-22-99)

49.

0260 1

2

Yes

No ➔

In your MAIN teaching assignment field (reported in item 12 on page 15), do students in

your classes use computers during class time?

a. How many computers are located in the classroom where you teach this

designated class?

In answering items 50a–e below, first designate one of your classes in your MAIN

teaching assignment field that uses computers during class time. Items 50a–e refer

to this designated class.

If you are responsible for a single class or group of students all day, such as an

elementary school teacher may be, make this the designated class.

If you are responsible for multiple classes or groups of students, such as a content area

or special education teacher may be, make a typical class or group you teach in your

main teaching assignment field the designated class.

How to designate a class:

GO to Section VI on page 37.

How many of the computers located in this classroom currently have access to the

Internet?

During your MOST RECENT TWO FULL WEEKS of teaching, how many times did this

designated class meet?

50.

c.

0 None

b.

Did this designated class use computers within the MOST RECENT TWO FULL

WEEKS?

d.

1

2

Yes

No ➔ GO to Section VI on page 37.

35

YOUR COMMENTS

0 None ➔ GO to item 50c below.

Computers

Computers

Times

➔ Continue with item 50e on next page.

0261

0262

0263

0264
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(1) Learn about course subject matter?

Times

(2) Practice and master skills?

(3) Solve problems?

(4) Work collaboratively with other students in the same classroom?

(5) Produce multimedia or video reports/projects?

(6) Do word processing?

(7) Correspond with experts, authors, or students from other schools via e-mail

or the Internet?

(8) Other – Please specify.

During your MOST RECENT TWO FULL WEEKS of teaching this designated class, in

how many of the class meeting times did students use computers to –

0265

0 None

50e.

0266 Times

0 None

0267 Times

0 None

0268 Times

0 None

0269 Times

0 None

0270 Times

0 None

0271 Times

0 None

0272 Times

36

0 None

➔

5272
WORKING CONDITIONS: Items 51–56 

This section asks about the hours you spend at your teaching assignment at THIS school, VI and about safety at THIS school.

37

FORM SASS-4B (11-22-99)

51.

Report in whole hours, not fractions or minutes.

0273

How many hours were you required to be at THIS school during your MOST

RECENT FULL WEEK of teaching?

Hours

0276 Hours in the most recent full week

a. School-related activities involving student interaction, such as coaching, field

trips, tutoring, transporting students

0278

0 None

Students

52.

Please report the hours and minutes, e.g., 1 hour and 15 minutes, 2 hours and 0

minutes, 0 hours and 45 minutes, etc.

0274

In your MOST RECENT FULL WEEK of teaching, how much scheduled

school time did you have for planning?

Hours

AND

0275 Minutes

53. During your MOST RECENT FULL WEEK of teaching, how many hours did

you spend AFTER school, BEFORE school, and ON THE WEEKEND on each

of the following types of activities?

Report in whole hours, not fractions or minutes.

0277 Hours in the most recent full week

b. Other school-related activities, such as preparation, grading papers, parent

conferences, attending meetings

54. During your MOST RECENT FULL WEEK of teaching at THIS school –

a. How many students in the class(es) you teach were tardy?

b. How many times did you have to interrupt your class(es) to deal with student

misbehavior or disruption?

0279

0 None

Times
55a. Has a student FROM THIS SCHOOL ever threatened to injure you?

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b. Has a student threatened to injure you IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS?

Yes 

No

1

2 GO to item 56a below.

0280

➔

c. In the past 12 months, how many times has a student threatened to injure you?

Yes 

No

1

2 GO to item 56a below.

0281

➔

0282 Times

56a. Has a student FROM THIS SCHOOL ever physically attacked you?

b. Has a student physically attacked you IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS?

Yes 

No

1

2 GO to Section VII on page 39.

0283

➔

c. In the past 12 months, how many times has a student physically attacked you?

Yes 

No

1

2 ➔ GO to Section VII on page 39.

0285 Times

YOUR COMMENTS

0284
DECISION MAKING: Items 57–61 

This section asks about your influence on staffing, budgeting and instructional VII policies, and your perception of various issues about teaching.

57. Using the scale of 1—5, where 1 means "No

influence" and 5 means "A great deal of

influence," how much actual influence do you

think teachers have over school policy AT THIS

SCHOOL in each of the following areas?

a.

Setting discipline policy

b.

Determining the content of in-service

professional development programs

Hiring new full- time teachers

c.

Deciding how the school budget will be

spent

d. Evaluating teachers

e.

Establishing curriculum

f.

Using the scale of 1—5, where 1 means "No

control" and 5 means "Complete control," how

much control do you think you have IN YOUR

CLASSROOM at this school over each of the

following areas of your planning and teaching?

a. Selecting textbooks and other

instructional materials

b. Selecting content, topics, and skills to

be taught

c. Selecting teaching techniques

d. Evaluating and grading students

e. Disciplining students

Determining the amount of homework

to be assigned

f.

No

influence

A great

deal of

influence

No

control

Complete

control

0286 1 2 3 4 5

0287 1 2 3 4 5

0288 1 2 3 4 5

0289 1 2 3 4 5

0290 1 2 3 4 5

0291 1 2 3 4 5

0293 1 2 3 4 5

0294 1 2 3 4 5

0295 1 2 3 4 5

0296 1 2 3 4 5

0297 1 2 3 4 5

0298 1 2 3 4 5

58.

0292 1 2 3 4 5

g.

Setting performance standards for

students of this school

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FORM SASS-4B (11-22-99)
59. Do you agree or disagree with each of the

following statements? 

Somewhat

disagree

Somewhat

agree

Strongly 

agree

The principal lets staff members know what

is expected of them.

a.

b.

c.

e.

f.

The school administration’s behavior toward

the staff is supportive and encouraging.

I am satisfied with my teaching salary.

The level of student misbehavior in this

school (such as noise, horseplay or fighting

in the halls, cafeteria or student lounge)

interferes with my teaching.

I receive a great deal of support from parents

for the work I do.

Necessary materials such as textbooks,

supplies, and copy machines are available as

needed by the staff.

Routine duties and paperwork interfere with

my job of teaching.

My principal enforces school rules for

student conduct and backs me up when I

need it.

Rules for student behavior are consistently

enforced by teachers in this school, even for

students who are not in their classes.

The principal talks with me frequently about

my instructional practices.

Most of my colleagues share my beliefs and

values about what the central mission of the

school should be.

g.

h.

i.

j.

k.

d.

Strongly 

disagree

0299 1 234

0300 1234

0301 1234

0302 1234

0303 1234

0304 1234

0305 1234

0306 1234

0307 1234

0308 1234

0309 1234

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40

Mark (X) one box on each line.
The principal knows what kind of school

he/she wants and has communicated it to the

staff.

There is a great deal of cooperative effort

among the staff members.

I am given the support I need to teach students

with special needs.

In this school, staff members are recognized

for a job well done.

I worry about the security of my job because

of the performance of my students on state

or local tests.

I am satisfied with my class size(s).

I make a conscious effort to coordinate the

content of my courses with that of other

teachers.

I sometimes feel it is a waste of time to try to

do my best as a teacher.

I plan with the library media specialist/librarian

for the integration of library media services

into my teaching.

I am generally satisfied with being a teacher at

this school.

l.

m.

n.

o.

p.

q.

r.

s.

t.

u.

v.

The amount of student tardiness and class

cutting in this school interferes with my

teaching.

0310

0311

0312

0313

0314

0315

0316

0317

0318

0319

0320

59.

Do you agree or disagree with each of the

following statements?

1 234

1234

1234

1234

1234

1234

1234

1234

1234

1234

1234

FORM SASS-4B (11-22-99)

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Continued –

Mark (X) one box on each line.

Somewhat

disagree

Somewhat

agree

Strongly 

agree

Strongly 

disagree
60. To what extent is each of the following a problem in this school? Indicate whether it

is a serious problem, a moderate problem, a minor problem, or not a problem in this

school.

Moderate

problem

Minor

problem

Not a 

problem

Serious

problem

a. Student tardiness 1 2 3 4

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

Student absenteeism

Teacher absenteeism

Students cutting class

Physical conflicts among students

Robbery or theft

Vandalism of school property

Student pregnancy

Student drug abuse

Student use of alcohol

Student possession of weapons

Student disrespect for teachers

Lack of parent involvement

Students dropping out

Student apathy

Poverty

Students come to school unprepared to learn

g.

h.

i.

j.

k.

l.

m.

n.

o.

p.

q.

r. Poor student health

0321

0322 1 2 3 4

0323 1 2 3 4

0324 1 2 3 4

0325 1 2 3 4

0326 1 2 3 4

0327 1 2 3 4

0328 1 2 3 4

0329 1 2 3 4

0330 1 2 3 4

0331 1 2 3 4

0332 1 2 3 4

0333 1 2 3 4

0334 1 2 3 4

0335 1 2 3 4

0336 1 2 3 4

0337 1 2 3 4

0338 1 2 3 4

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61a.

1

2

3

4

5

Certainly would become a teacher

Probably would become a teacher

Chances about even for and against 

Probably would not become a teacher

Certainly would not become a teacher

Mark (X) only one box.

0339

If you could go back to your college days and start over again, would you

become a teacher or not?

1

2

3

4

5

As long as I am able

Until I am eligible for retirement

Will probably continue unless something better comes along

Definitely plan to leave teaching as soon as I can

Undecided at this time

0340

b. How long do you plan to remain in teaching?

Mark (X) only one box.

YOUR COMMENTS

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GENERAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION: Items 62–67 

This section requests information about your terms of employment and selected

demographics.

62. The following questions refer to your before-tax earnings from teaching and

other employment.

Record earnings in whole dollars.

a. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1999, did you have any earnings from –

1

2

0341 Yes How much?

No

(1) Teaching summer school in this or any other school?

(2) Working in a nonteaching job in this or any other school?

(3)

b. DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR –

0347

(1) What is your academic year base teaching salary?

(2) Do you, or will you, earn any additional compensation from this school for

extracurricular or additional activities such as coaching, student activity

sponsorship, or teaching evening classes?

(3) Have you earned income from any OTHER school sources this year, such as a

merit pay bonus, etc.?

Per year

0342

➔

1

2

0343 Yes How much?

No

0344

➔

Working in any NONSCHOOL job?

1

2

0345 Yes How much?

No

0346

➔

1

2

0348 Yes How much?

No

0349

➔

Do not report any earnings already reported.

1

2

0350 Yes How much?

No

0351

➔

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$ .00

$ .00

$ .00

$ .00

$ .00

$ .00
62b.

0354

(5) Which of these best describes this job OUTSIDE this school?

Mark (X) only one box.

Are you of Hispanic origin?

Yes

No

What is your race?

0357 American Indian or Alaska Native (Aleut, Alaska Indian,

Yupik, Inupiat)

Are you male or female?

What is your year of birth?

0360

Do you work in this school on a contributed service basis, that is, for less than

full salary or for no salary, for example, as a member of a religious order?

Teaching or tutoring

Nonteaching, but related to teaching field

Other

63.

64.

Male

Female

66.

65a.

67.

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1

2

3

1

2

Yes

No

1

2

1

2

Asian or Pacific Islander (Japanese, Chinese, Filipino,

Korean, Asian Indian, Vietnamese, Hawaiian,

Guamanian, Samoan, other Asian)

Black

White

1

2

3

4

Are you enrolled in a state or federally recognized tribe?

Yes

No

b.

1

2

0363

0356

0359

0358

1 9 Year

GO to item 66 below.







Continued –

(4) Do you, or will you, earn additional compensation from working in any job

OUTSIDE this school?

GO to item 63 below.

1

2

0352 Yes How much?

No

0353

➔

➔

$ .00

DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR –

Mark (X) only one box.
a. Your name

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Area Code Number

Spouse’s full name (if applicable)

Home telephone

b.

g.

68.

Please PRINT your name, your spouse’s name (if applicable), your home address,

your telephone number, and the most convenient time to reach you.

The survey you have completed may involve a brief follow-up at a later time in order

to gain information on teachers’ movements in the labor force. The following

information would assist us in contacting you if you have moved or changed jobs.

In whose name is the telephone number listed?

Best day(s) to reach you

Days

Best time of day to reach you

Mark (X) only one box.

My name

Other – Specify name

c. Street address

d. City

e.

f. ZIP Code + 4

h.

a.m.

p.m.

1

2

1

i.

2

State

— —

—

➔

j.

Enter Mon, Tue, etc., as appropriate.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Items 68–71 IX This section concludes the survey.
a. Name

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Area Code Number

Relationship to you

Home telephone

b.

g.

69.

In whose name is the telephone number listed?

Mark (X) only one box.

Name entered in part a 

Other – Specify name

c. Street address

d. City

e.

f. ZIP Code + 4

h.

1

2

State

— —

—

➔

What are the names and addresses of two other people who would know where to get

in touch with you during the coming years? Please do not list more than one person

who now lives with you. Remember to record the relationship of these persons to you

(for example, parent, friend, sister, cousin, etc.) in section b.

(1) First Person
a. Name

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Area Code Number

Relationship to you

Home telephone

b.

g.

69.

In whose name is the telephone number listed?

Mark (X) only one box.

Name entered in part a 

Other – Specify name

c. Street address

d. City

e.

f. ZIP Code + 4

h.

1

2

State

— —

—

➔

What is the name and address of another person who would know where to get in

touch with you during the coming years? Remember to record the relationship of this

person to you (for example, parent, friend, sister, cousin, etc.) in section b.

(2) Second Person

Continued –
Thank you very much for your participation in this survey.

U.S. Census Bureau

Current Projects Branch

1201 E. 10th Street

Jeffersonville, IN 47132-0001

Please return this survey in the enclosed envelope. If you do not have the

return envelope, call 1–800–221–1204, or mail your questionnaire to:

Find out more about the Schools and

Staffing Survey (SASS) and information

about teachers that was collected in the last

survey. See SASS on the World Wide Web at:

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

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 the NCES Web site at:

http://nces.ed.gov

For additional data collected by various

Federal agencies, including the Department

of Education, visit the FedStats site at:

http://www.fedstats.gov

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FORM SASS-4B (11-22-99)

Please indicate how much time it took you to complete this form, not counting

interruptions.

70.

Please record the time in minutes, e.g., 40 minutes, 65 minutes, etc.

Minutes

Look for the report "America’s Teachers:

Profile of a Profession, 1993–1994" under

Publications (NCES 97-460).

Month

71. Please enter the date you completed this questionnaire.

0362

Day Year

0361