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This survey is authorized by law (20 U.S.C. 1221e.1).

We want you to know that:

1. We are asking you these questions in order to gather information about your educational background, teacher preparation, certification/licensure, and work experiences.

2. You may skip any questions you do not wish to answer. However, we hope that you answer as many questions as you can.

For questions, call toll free at (866) 330-9199 or email ksonnenfeld@mathematica-mpr.com

You may complete the survey one of three ways:

COMPLETE SURVEY BY WEB	OR	COMPLETE THIS PAPER SURVEY AND RETURN	OR	CALL MATHEMATICA IF YOU WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED OVER THE TELEPHONE
Log on at: https://www.HSAC2009.org and enter your user ID and password		Mail to: Kathy Sonnenfeld, Survey Director, Study of Secondary Math Teachers Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. P.O. Box 2393 Princeton, NJ 08543 Use the enclosed pre-addressed postage paid envelope		Call: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., toll free at: (866) 330-9199 and ask for the Study of Secondary Math Teachers

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Per the policies and procedures required by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, Title I, Part E, Section 183, responses to this data collection will be used only for statistical purposes. The reports prepared for this study will summarize findings across the sample and will not associate responses with a specific district or individual. We will not provide information that identifies you or your district to anyone outside the study team, except as required by law. Any willful disclosure of such information for nonstatistical purposes, without the informed consent of the respondent, is a class E felony.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Your responses are very important to us.

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• If you have taught outside the United States (U.S.), when answering the questions in this survey, please think about your entire teacher training and career experiences, including your experiences outside of the U.S., unless the questions ask specifically about the state, district, or school in which you currently work.

A1. Please answer the following questions about all the college/university degrees you have completed or are working toward completing.

Please include all degrees received within and outside the United States.

A. What type of degree(s) did/will you receive?	B. From what college or university did/will you receive this degree? What city and state is this college or university located?	C. What was/is the major field of study for this degree? Include both majors if you were a double major. Please use the “Field of Study” codes listed at the bottom of this page.	D. What was/is the minor field of study for this degree? Include both minors if you were a double minor. Please use the “Field of Study” codes listed at the bottom of this page.	E. What month and year did you complete, or do you expect to complete this degree?
1  Bachelor’s (e.g., BS, BA, AB) 2  Master’s (e.g., MS, MA, MBA) 3  Doctorate (e.g., EdD, PhD, DSc) 4  Other (Specify)	Name of College City/State/ Country (if not U.S.)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | |/| | | | | Month Year
1  Bachelor’s (e.g., BS, BA, AB) 2  Master’s (e.g., MS, MA, MBA) 3  Doctorate (e.g., EdD, PhD, DSc) 4  Other (Specify)	Name of College City/State County (if not U.S.)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | |/| | | | | Month Year
1  Bachelor’s (e.g., BS, BA, AB) 2  Master’s (e.g., MS, MA, MBA) 3  Doctorate (e.g., EdD, PhD, DSc) 4  Other (Specify)	Name of College City/State Country (if not U.S.)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | |/| | | | | Month Year
1  Bachelor’s (e.g., BS, BA, AB) 2  Master’s (e.g., MS, MA, MBA) 3  Doctorate (e.g., EdD, PhD, DSc) 4  Other (Specify)	Name of College City/State Country (if not U.S.)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | | | | | If 99 Other, (Specify)	| | |/| | | | | Month Year

FIELD OF STUDY CODES

Agriculture 01 Agricultural Business and Production 02 Agricultural Sciences Computer Science and Engineering 10 Computer and Information Sciences 11 Engineering and Engineering-related Technologies

Education 20 Elementary Education 21 Secondary Education – Math 22 Secondary Education – Other 22 Education Research/ Administration Health 30 Health and Related Sciences Humanities 40 Languages, Linguistics, Literature/Letters 41 Philosophy, Religion, Theology 42 Visual and Performing Arts

Mathematics and Statistics 50 Mathematics 51 Statistics Natural/Physical Sciences 60 Biological/Life Sciences 61 Conservation and Natural Resources 62 Physics/Astrophysics 63 Psychology 64 Other Natural/Physical Sciences

Professional Fields 70 Architecture/Environmental Design 71 Business Management/ Administrative Services 72 Communications/Media 73 Criminal Justice/Protective Services 74 Finance 75 Home Economics 76 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies 77 Library Science 78 Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies 79 Social Work

Social Sciences 80 Economics 81 Public Affairs 82 Other Social Sciences and History Other Fields of Study 90 Liberal Arts/General Studies 99 Other, none of the field of study codes listed above

A2. Please think about the college or graduate level math courses you have taken or are currently taking at a college or university. For each of the math subject areas listed below, please indicate the number of college-level courses you have taken and/or are currently taking in this subject area.

Please do not include courses focused primarily on math pedagogy or math instructional strategies.

Please include:

• year, semester, and quarter long courses (but do not include courses that lasted less than an academic quarter),

• courses for which you received college credit, even if you took the course in high school,

• courses taken at the graduate level, and

• courses inside and outside of the math department.

If you took a single course that covered more than one subject area, select the subject area that best describes the course and count it as one course in that subject area.

Math Subject Area	Including course subjects such as…	A. How many college-level courses have you completed in… Please enter 00 if you did not complete any courses in this subject area.	B. How many college-level courses are you currently taking in… Please enter 00 if you are not currently taking any courses in this subject area.
a. Pre-calculus?	Pre-calculus, trigonometry, analytic geometry, basic algebra, and pre-algebra	| | |	| | |
b. Calculus?	Single-variable calculus, multivariate calculus, and differential equations (ordinary and partial)	| | |	| | |
c. Advanced algebra?	Linear algebra (matrices, vector spaces), and modern/abstract algebra (rings, fields)	| | |	| | |
d. Analysis?	Advanced calculus/real analysis (calculus with rigorous proofs, metric spaces, measure theory), functional analysis (Banach spaces), and complex analysis (Cauchy integral theorem)	| | |	| | |
e. Advanced geometry/ topology?	Topology (point-set and algebraic) and differential geometry	| | |	| | |
f. Probability and statistics?	Probability, statistics, stochastic processes, and statistical methods in the social sciences (econometric, psychometric, behavioral statistics)	| | |	| | |
g. Discrete mathematics?	Combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, and foundations of mathematics (logic, set theory, proofs)	| | |	| | |
h. Applied mathematics?	Thermodynamics, mechanics (Newtonian, quantum, fluid), mathematical or computational physics, mathematical methods for engineering, numerical analysis, mathematical economics, mathematical modeling and simulation	| | |	| | |
i. Other (Please specify)	Please list any other college-level math courses you’ve taken or are currently taking that are not included in the above categories.	| | |	| | |

B1. After you completed your bachelor’s degree, but before you became a secondary math teacher, did you ever work at any paid non-teaching jobs?

Secondary math teacher is defined as teaching math to students in grades 6-12.

Please include full-time and part-time jobs.

1  Yes

0  No GO TO C1 (PAGE 4)

B2. How many years did you work at these paid non-teaching jobs?

Please include full-time and part-time jobs.

Please enter 01 if you worked less than one year.

| | | NUMBER OF YEARS

B3. Now please think again about the different math courses you have taken in a college or university. On average, how often did you use the mathematical knowledge or skills you gained from these courses in the paid non-teaching jobs you had?

Please include only the paid non-teaching jobs you held after you completed your bachelor’s degree, but before you became a secondary math teacher.

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  Never

2  Rarely

3  Not often

4  Sometimes

5  Often

6  Very often

C1. As part of your training to become a math teacher, did you receive any instruction in math pedagogy or strategies to teach math?

Please include any college-level courses, training provided by your teacher preparation program, and any training provided by your school district.

1  Yes

0  No GO TO C2

C1a. In total, how many hours of instruction in math pedagogy or strategies to teach math did you receive?

Your best estimate of the number of hours is fine.

By hours, we mean “clock” hours, not credit hours.

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  Less than 5 hours

2  5 to 20 hours

3  21 to 40 hours

4  41 to 60 hours

5  61 to 80 hours

6  81 to 100 hours

7  More than 100 hours

C2. Some districts require prospective teachers without degrees in math to take an intensive math immersion program in order to become certified to teach secondary math. These programs typically cover the necessary content knowledge to teach secondary math.

Before becoming a secondary math teacher, did you participate in this type of program?

1  Yes

0  No GO TO C4 (PAGE 5)

C3. In total, on how many days did you attend the intensive math immersion program?

| | | TOTAL DAYS

These next questions are about your experiences in elementary or secondary school classrooms, as part of your teacher education/preparation program, but before you became a paid teacher. If these experiences occurred several years ago, please think back to that time and answer the questions as best as you can.

C4. Did your teacher education/preparation program require you to do any student teaching, in which you went to an elementary or secondary school and taught one or more math lessons to a whole classroom of students?

1  Yes

0  No GO TO C6

C4a. On approximately how many days, in total, did you teach at least one full math lesson (at least one class period) to a whole classroom of students?

Your best estimate is fine.

Some teacher education/preparation programs require candidates to do student teaching at multiple points in the training process. If that was true for your program, be sure to think about all the episodes of student teaching, not just the final episode.

1  5 or fewer days

2  6-10 days

3  11-15 days

4  16-20 days

5  21-40 days

6  41-60 days

7  61-80 days

8  More than 80 days

C5. Thinking about all the days on which you taught at least one full math lesson (at least one class period) to a whole classroom of students, how many hours per day (on average) were you teaching a full math lesson?

Your best estimate is fine.

Please enter 00 if you spent no days teaching a full math lesson.

| | | HOURS PER DAY

C6. Please indicate below the number of years you have taught at these different types of schools prior to this school year (2009-2010).

Please include full-time and part-time jobs.

	Prior to this school year, how many years have you taught secondary math at… Please enter “00” if you have not worked in this capacity prior to this school year.	Prior to this school year, how many years have you taught in total at… Please enter “00” if you have not worked in this capacity prior to this school year.
a. a U.S. public school?	| | |	| | |
b. a U.S. private school?	| | |	| | |
c. a school outside the U.S.?	| | |	| | |
d. the school in which you are currently working?	| | |	| | |

C7. Did you complete your teacher preparation/training program outside of the United States?

1  Yes

0  No GO TO D1 (PAGE 7)

C8. What country did you complete your teacher preparation/training program in?

_________________________________________________________________

NAME OF COUNTRY

C9. Did you enter teaching in the United States through the…

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  Visiting International Faculty Program,

2  Another teacher recruitment /placement program (Please specify) ___________________________________

3  Or on your own, not through any particular program to attract international teachers.

The following questions are about your certification/licensure status and coursework you may be currently taking during this school year (2009-2010).

D1. Do you currently hold or are you pursuing full, regular, or standard state certification/licensure to teach math? This is certification that is issued by the state in which you currently work to teachers who have completed all training requirements, exams, and any required probationary teaching period.

MARK (X) ALL THAT APPLY: For example, if you hold full certification to teach math in grades 6 - 8 and are currently pursuing certification to teach math in grades 9 – 12, you would mark box 1 and box 2.

1  I hold full state certification to teach math	What year did you receive your full certification? | | | | | YEAR
2  I am pursuing full state certification to teach math	What year do you expect to receive your full certification? | | | | | YEAR
0  No, I do not hold nor am I pursuing full state certification to teach math	GO TO D3

D2. Please indicate all the grade levels for which you are fully certified/licensed or are pursuing full state certification/licensure to teach math.

	MARK (X) ONE ANSWER FOR EACH ROW IN EACH COLUMN
	A. Are you fully certified/licensed to teach math in…		B. Are you currently pursuing full certification/licensure to teach math in…
a. Grade 6?	1  Yes	0  No	1  Yes	0  No
b. Grade 7?	1  Yes	0  No	1  Yes	0  No
c. Grade 8?	1  Yes	0  No	1  Yes	0  No
d. Grade 9?	1  Yes	0  No	1  Yes	0  No
e. Grade 10?	1  Yes	0  No	1  Yes	0  No
f. Grade 11?	1  Yes	0  No	1  Yes	0  No
g. Grade 12?	1  Yes	0  No	1  Yes	0  No

D3. Do you currently hold or are you pursuing full, regular, or standard state certification/licensure to teach in an area other than math? This is certification that is issued by the state in which you currently work to teachers who have completed all training requirements, exams, and any required probationary teaching period.

MARK (X) ALL THAT APPLY For example, if you hold full certification to teach computer science and are currently pursuing certification to teach physics, you would mark box 1 and box 2.

1  I hold full state certification to teach in a non-math area	What year did you receive your full certification? | | | | | YEAR
2  I am pursuing full state certification to teach in a non-math area	What year do you expect to receive your full certification? | | | | | YEAR
0  No, I do not hold nor am I pursuing full state certification to teach in a non-math area

D4. During this school year (2009-2010), were you enrolled in classes related to your job as a secondary math teacher?

1  Yes

0  No GO TO E1 (PAGE 9)

D5. Are you taking this coursework to fulfill the requirements to . . .

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  Maintain your current full, regular, or standard state teacher certification?

2  Obtain full, regular, or standard state teacher certification but not an advanced or master’s degree?

3  Obtain an advanced or master’s degree required for full, regular, or standard state teacher certification?

4  Obtain an advanced or master’s degree that is not required to obtain full, regular, or standard state teacher certification?

99  Other reason? (Please specify)________________________________________________

D6. Please indicate when you started the coursework and expect to complete the coursework to fulfill these coursework requirements.

a. I started taking courses to fulfill these coursework requirements in

| | |/| 2 | 0 | | |

MONTH YEAR

b. I expect to complete the coursework to fulfill these coursework requirements in

| | |/| 2 | 0 | | |

MONTH YEAR

D7. During this school year (2009-2010), how many weeks did you attend these classes (either in person or online)?

| | | NUMBER OF WEEKS

D8. For these classes, how many hours per week, on average, did you spend . . .

a. attending these classes (either in person or online)?

| | | AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK

b. doing work for these courses outside of class time?

| | | AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK

E1. During this school year (2009-2010), were you assigned a mentor/master teacher or a field supervisor?

Mentor/master teachers and field supervisors have teaching experience or expertise and provide information, advice, support, coaching, and feedback to the beginning teacher.

1  Yes

0  No GO TO E5 (PAGE 10)

E2. Please indicate the type(s) of master/mentor teachers or field supervisors you had during this school year (2009-2010):

MARK (X) ALL THAT APPLY

1  A teacher from your school

2  An administrator from your school

3  A teacher or administrator assigned by your district

4  A faculty member or staff member affiliated with your teacher education/preparation program

5  Other (Specify)

E3. Now we would like to know about your interactions with the mentor/master teacher or field supervisor during this school year (2009-2010). How many times did the activities described below take place? If you had more than one mentor, these questions are about the one with whom you spent the most time.

Please enter 00 for any activities that did not occur.	A. Approximately how many times did each activity occur during this school year (2009-2010)?	B. Each time this activity occurred, on average, how many minutes did this activity last?
a. He/she observed your classroom teaching	| | | NUMBER OF TIMES	| | | | MINUTES
b. You observed his/her classroom teaching	| | | NUMBER OF TIMES	| | | | MINUTES
c. You met formally (at scheduled times) with him/her on an individual basis	| | | NUMBER OF TIMES	| | | | MINUTES
d. You met informally (at unscheduled times) with him/her on an individual basis	| | | NUMBER OF TIMES	| | | | MINUTES
e. He/she provided you with written feedback on your performance	| | | NUMBER OF TIMES	N/A
f. He/she provided some other kind of support (Please specify)	| | | NUMBER OF TIMES	| | | | MINUTES
______________________________________________

E4. Please think about all of the mentoring and field supervision you received during this school year (2009-2010). Overall, was the mentoring or field supervision you received very helpful, somewhat helpful, slightly helpful, or not helpful at all?

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  Very helpful

2  Somewhat helpful

3  Slightly helpful

4  Not helpful at all

E5. During this school year (2009-2010), did you receive any of the following kinds of support?

Please include any support that you received from your district, school, or teacher training program.

		MARK (X) ONE IN EACH ROW
	a. Reduced teaching schedule	1  Yes	0  No
	b. Seminars or classes for beginning teachers (e.g. induction programs)	1  Yes	0  No
	c. Extra professional classroom assistance (e.g., teacher’s aide, team teaching)	1  Yes	0  No
	d. Regular supportive communication with your principal, other administrators, or department chair	1  Yes	0  No
	e. Opportunities to observe other teachers	1  Yes	0  No

E6. During this school year (2009-2010), did you attend any professional development classes, workshops, or seminars provided by the school district in math pedagogy or strategies to teach math?

1  Yes

0  No GO TO F1 (PAGE 11)

E7. In total, how many hours did you spend attending these professional development classes, workshops, or seminars in math pedagogy or strategies to teach math?

Your best estimate of the number of hours is fine.

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  Less than 5 hours

2  5 to 10 hours

3  11 to 20 hours

4  More than 20 hours

F1. To what extent, if any, has each of the following issues hindered student learning in your classroom since the start of this school year (2009-2010)?

		MARK (X) ONE ANSWER IN EACH ROW
		Not at all		To a slight extent	To some extent			To a great extent
	a. Student tardiness in your math class	1 	2 			3 	4 
	b. Student motivation	1 	2 			3 	4 
	c. Student absenteeism/class cutting	1 	2 			3 	4 
	d. Physical conflicts among students	1 	2 			3 	4 
	e. Verbal conflicts among students	1 	2 			3 	4 
	f. Verbal abuse of teacher(s) by students	1 	2 			3 	4 
	g. General misbehavior (e.g., students talking in class, refusal to follow classroom rules)	1 	2 			3 	4 
	h. Students’ insufficient academic foundation/preparation	1 	2 			3 	4 

F2. During this school year (2009-2010), how satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of teaching at this school?

		MARK (X) ONE ANSWER IN EACH ROW
		Very Dissatisfied	Somewhat Dissatisfied	Somewhat Satisfied		Very Satisfied
	a. Recognition and /or support from administration	1 	2 	3 	4 
	b. Availability of resources and materials/equipment for your classroom	1 	2 	3 	4 
	c. Your influence over school policies and practices	1 	2 	3 	4 
	d. Autonomy or control over your own classroom	1 	2 	3 	4 
	e. Student motivation to learn	1 	2 	3 	4 
	f. Student discipline and behavior	1 	2 	3 	4 
	g. Opportunities for professional development	1 	2 	3 	4 
	h. The principal’s leadership and vision	1 	2 	3 	4 
	i. Procedures for performance evaluation	1 	2 	3 	4 
	j. Professional caliber of colleagues	1 	2 	3 	4 

G1. How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of the teaching profession?

	MARK (X) ONE ANSWER IN EACH ROW
	Very Dissatisfied	Somewhat Dissatisfied	Somewhat Satisfied	Very Satisfied
a. Opportunities for professional advancement	1 	2 	3 	4 
b. Salary	1 	2 	3 	4 
c. Benefits	1 	2 	3 	4 
d. Professional prestige	1 	2 	3 	4 
e. Intellectual challenge	1 	2 	3 	4 
f. Opportunities to make a difference in students’ lives	1 	2 	3 	4 

G2. How many more years do you plan to teach after this school year (2009-2010)?

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  6 or more years

2  3 to 5 more years

3  1 to 2 more years

4  None

9  Don’t know/unsure

G3. What do you think will be the primary reason for the end of your classroom teaching career?

MARK (X) ONE ANSWER

1  I plan to pursue other education related career opportunities (e.g., principal, administrator, counselor)

2  I plan to pursue other non-education related career opportunities

3  I plan to stay home to take care of my family

4  I plan to retire from work

5  I am undecided at this time

99  I plan to pursue something else (Please specify)

H1. What year were you born?

| 1 | 9 | | | YEAR

H2. Are you of Hispanic or Latino origin?

1  Yes

0  No

H3. What is your race?

SELECT ONE OR MORE

1  White/Caucasian

2  Black/African-American

3  Asian

4  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5  American Indian or Alaska Native

H4. Are you male or female?

1  Male

2  Female

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	MARK (X) ONE IN EACH ROW
a. You did not have access to a computer	1  Yes	0  No
b. Computers were in use by others at the times you wanted to complete the survey	1  Yes	0  No
c. You started the survey, but experienced technical problems. For example, the screen froze or it took too long to load the page(s)	1  Yes	0  No
d. The computer screen was too small to read the questions	1  Yes	0  No
e. You were unable to read the questions on the screen because of the color scheme on the computer	1  Yes	0  No
f. You chose to complete the paper version of the survey because it was readily accessible/portable	1  Yes	0  No
g. Another reason (Please specify)	1  Yes	0  No
__________________________________________________________

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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

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