SCCORE.org - Teachers and Staff

Putting teacher information in context: the Los Angeles Region has more teachers than many countries.

Where do the region's 147,000 teachers teach?

Increasing Numbers of Teachers in the Region (4 Charts)
1. The number of teachers has grown steadily throughout the region.
2. The ratio of teachers to students has increased slightly since 1997.
3. Schools in the Los Angeles Region expect to hire more than 15,000 teachers in 2002-2003.
4. Elementary and special education teachers are most needed.

Student Access to Non-Teaching Staff (2 Charts)
1. Student access to school nurses is limited, but improving slightly.
2. Student access to school counselors is limited, but also improving slightly.

Teacher Demographics (3 Charts)
1. Most teachers are women.
2. While demographics vary across the region, most teachers are Anglos.
3. Patterns of teacher race and ethnicity differs markedly from patterns in the general population and enrolled students.

Quality Indicators

	The Educational Backgrounds of Teachers (4 Charts) 1. Teachers outside the Los Angeles Unified School District have stronger educational backgrounds, Part I. 2. Regionwide, teachers outside the Los Angeles Unified School District have stronger educational backgrounds, Part II. 3. Schools outside the Los Angeles Unified School District have teachers with stronger educational backgrounds, Part I. 4. Schools outside the Los Angeles Unified School District have teachers with stronger educational backgrounds, Part II.
	Credentialed Teachers: How Many? How much Variation? (6 Charts) 1. Most of the region's teachers are fully credentialed. 2. The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed varies across regions. 3. Despite growth in the system, the proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed has remained stable. 4. The proportion of teachers with full credentials varies greatly across schools in the region. 5. Schools outside the Los Angeles Unified School District have a greater proportion of fully credentialed teachers. 6. While virtually all elementary teachers have appropriate specialized credentials, reading and math teachers frequently do not.
	Experienced Teachers: How Common? How Much Variation? (5 Charts) 1. Experienced teachers are fairly evenly distributed throughout the region. 2. While there is an "old guard," a substantial proportion of teachers are relatively new. 3. New teachers are common throughout the region. 4. There is moderate variation in average teacher experience across districts. 5. There is wider variation in average teacher experience across schools.
	Teacher Pay, Administrator Pay (3 Charts) 1. There is very little variation in teacher salary patterns across the region. 2. There is moderate variation in average teacher salary across districts. 3. There are substantial salary differences among different jobs.

Which Students Get Which Teachers

	Minority Students (4 Charts): 1. As the proportion of minority students increases in a district, so does the proportion of minority teachers. 2. Minority students are less likely to have fully credentialed teachers. 3. The proportion of minority students in a school has some correlation with the average years of teaching experience in that school. 4. A district's average teacher salary is not related to the proportion of minority students in that district.
	Poor Students (4 Charts): 1. Districts with more poor students have more minority teachers. 2. Poor students are less likely to have fully credentialed teachers. 3. Poor students are likely to have less experienced teachers. 4. A district's average teacher salary is unrelated to the proportion of students who are poor in that district.
	EL (English Learners) Students: Students designated as non-English speaking are less likely to have a fully credentialed teacher.
	Schools with higher Academic Performance Index scores have higher proportions of fully credentialed teachers.