The Making of a Teacher		Center for Education Information

 

Table 20.
Question. Which of the following statements best characterize the field-based experiences available to students in your intitial Teacher Preparation Program? (Check all that apply.)
	Virtually all students do their student teaching/ practicum in one or two nearby school districts.		While most students do their student teaching/ practicum in one or two nearby school districts, the rest are dispersed over a variety of systems.		No one school district accounts for more than 15-20% of our student teaching placements.		The clinical experiences are in the final year of the program.		Various clinical experiences occur throughout the program.		Enrollees have student teaching experiences in at least two different schools.		Enrollees have field-based experiences in a variety of demo- graphically different schools.		Enrollees have different teaching experiences in different classrooms, working with different teachers, within the same school.		Enrollees do their student teaching under the supervision of one teacher within one school.
	%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
Total
Undergraduate	24.5		42.7		36.9		14.1		85.9		40.7		72.3		36.7		49.3
Post-baccalaureate	15.5		27.7		27.4		19.5		48.7		25.6		44.7		22.4		32.8
Control of IHE
Public
Undergraduate	14.9		43.3		41.2		12.5		81.3		36.8		67.2		40.0		47.7
Post-baccalaureate	17.0		34.8		31.9		21.4		55.0		27.5		48.1		28.3		40.0
Independent non-profit
Undergraduate	29.7		42.5		34.9		15.1		89.0		42.8		75.1		35.2		49.0
Post-baccalaureate	14.3		24.0		24.8		18.2		44.9		24.0		42.5		18.7		27.9
Profit-making
Undergraduate	35.2		23.5		35.2		17.6		82.3		41.1		82.3		29.4		64.7
Post-baccalaureate	17.6		11.7		35.2		23.5		47.0		35.2		47.0		29.4		41.1
Size of IHE
Less than 1,000
Undergraduate	41.9		45.5		23.2		12.5		89.2		43.7		67.8		36.6		45.5
Post-baccalaureate	17.8		16.9		8.9		8.9		30.3		18.7		26.7		14.2		19.6
1,000 - 4,999
Undergraduate	25.0		43.2		38.6		15.1		90.0		43.2		76.2		35.6		51.4
Post-baccalaureate	11.5		25.7		26.7		19.1		45.2		23.1		41.5		19.1		28.7
5,000 - 9,999
Undergraduate	17.7		42.7		46.8		16.6		86.4		43.7		69.7		41.6		40.6
Post-baccalaureate	21.8		32.2		38.5		29.1		59.3		30.2		50.0		27.0		34.3
10,000 or more
Undergraduate	14.5		40.1		37.2		10.9		73.7		31.3		69.3		37.2		51.8
Post-baccalaureate	18.9		38.6		35.7		22.6		63.5		35.0		62.7		34.3		50.3