TABLE 4: CATEGORIES OF PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT |
|
Level of Professional Engagement |
Description of Professional Engagement |
Weighted Percent & Raw N* |
|
|
|
Probability Sample Only |
Full TLC Sample |
| |
|
|
Teacher Leaders |
Teachers meeting the highest standards on within-school informal interactions, between-school contact, and leadership
activities. |
2%
(70) |
3%
(176) |
Teacher Professionals |
Teachers meeting somewhat more modest standards on all three dimensions of Professional Engagement. |
10%
(311) |
12%
(627) |
Interactive Teachers |
Teachers who spent some time interacting with their peers but did not meet standards on all three dimensions. |
29%
(724) |
30%
(1331) |
Private Practice |
Teachers who do not interact substantially with their colleagues near or far. |
58%
(1109) |
55%
(1870) |
|
*
The number of teachers shown is the actual number of teachers surveyed who placed into that category. The percent shown is the weighted percentage of all studied teachers, taking into account the sampling probabilities for each teacher and each school. The rightmost column combines teachers from the probability sample of schools and the selected reform-involved and high-technology schools in proportion to their relative sample size.
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