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What Do You Know About Your Colleagues?

In the fall and early winter of the 2003-04 school year, a representative sample of nearly 600 WEAC teacher members completed a survey asking their opinions, attitudes, and experiences about a variety of educational issues, including job satisfaction, experience, workload, and professional development. By answering the questions below, you can learn about this study. The complete report is available online.

1. What percent of teachers in Wisconsin are women?

a) 74%

b) 66%

c) 55%

d) 50%

2. In 1986, what percent of teachers were women?

a) 45%

b) 58%

c) 66%

d) 74%

3. What percent of teachers say if they could go back to college and start over again, they would become a teacher?

a) 25%

b) 40%

c) 60%

d) 90%

4. What percent of teachers plan to leave teaching "as soon as they can"?

a) 25%

b) 15%

c) 10%

d) 3%

5. On average, approximately how much of their own money did teachers spend in 2003-04 to meet the needs of their students?

a) $325

b) $300

c) $250

d) $200

6. Which of the following topics were teachers most likely to receive professional development/training on over the past year or two?

a) National Board Certification.

b) Aligning district curriculum with state standards.

c) Teacher mentoring programs.

d) The 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

7. Approximately how many districts currently have some type of mentoring program for new teachers?

a) three-fourths

b) one-half

c) one-fourth

d) one-tenth

8. What percent of teachers say that the teachers in their district have a "significant" role in choosing the kinds of professional development programs that are offered?

a) 75%

b) 63%

c) 33%

d) 18%

9. About half of teachers say they have a good understanding of basic requirements for National Board Certification.

True

False

10. The average teacher in Wisconsin has less than 15 years of teaching experience.

True

False

11. More than 50% of state teachers have a master's degree or higher.

True

False

12. Wisconsin's teachers are about evenly split in terms of being conservative or liberal.

True

False

13. Nearly 80% of teachers belong to a church, mosque, synagogue, or other religious group.

True

False

14. Only about one-fourth of teachers attended summer school during the past three years.

True

False

15. SAGE teachers who participated in this study say their classroom environment has improved since the class-size reduction program was implemented.

True

False

16. A majority of the state’s teachers say they have a “fair” or “good” understanding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (the so-called “No Child Left Behind” law).

True

False