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making decisions, such as the hiring additional teachers.
'\NThile age distribution data ,vas not gathered f01' the entire
school systelTI, it was for teachers who responded to a ,.n"',~'1'h,(·f','1n
tial questionnaire administered in this survey. The distribution
for these 227 teachers was as follows::
in Years No. oj Cent
20-24 17 7.5
25-29 47 20.7
30-34 41 18.1
35-39 24 10.6
40~44 27 11.9
45-49 27 11.9
50-54
55-59 14 6.2
60+ 10 4.4
No Response 6 2.6
The sample was representative of entire teacher popuiation. 1
The generalization thus foHows that the greatest percentage of
Fort Wayne teachers is between 25 and 34. The teachers in this
age group usually represent a background of some professional
experience and maturity. Usually they have stabilized in a community.
It may be noted also that only a small pereEmtage are
of retirement age.
A third characteristic of importance is the educational preparation
of the professional instruetional staff. Fort Wayne
teachers have an outstandingly high educational background.
Nearly 75 per cent the 1,808 holds a l',J[aster's degree or
Master's and hours beyond. Less than one per cent no
Bachelor's degree. The Fort Wayne staff has commendable educational
preparation. Appropriate incentives and rewards are
given for advanced degrees. The data below indicates that nearly
90 per cent of all teaching personnel with more than five years
of experience have completed advanced college preparation.
1 Two respondent were sampled from lists of elementary,. junior
high, and secondary teachers which were subdivided by race and
Response data are presented for all respondents combined throughout
chapter since no significant variance occurred between the two groups.
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Object Description
| Title | Fort Wayne community schools: a survey report |
| Creator | George Peabody College for Teachers. Office of Educational Services |
| Topic | Education |
| Subject |
Schools--Indiana--Fort Wayne School integration--Indiana--Fort Wayne |
| Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Date of Original | 1975 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: George Peabody College for Teachers. Office of Educational Services. Fort Wayne community schools: a survey report. (Nashville, Tenn.: Office of Educational Services, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1975), 338 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit and color 300 dpi, 24-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Konica Minolta PS5000C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional scanning software. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000101350159 |
| File Name | 30000101350159.pdf |
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| Title | Page 38 |
| Transcript | making decisions, such as the hiring additional teachers. '\NThile age distribution data ,vas not gathered f01' the entire school systelTI, it was for teachers who responded to a ,.n"',~'1'h,(·f','1n tial questionnaire administered in this survey. The distribution for these 227 teachers was as follows:: in Years No. oj Cent 20-24 17 7.5 25-29 47 20.7 30-34 41 18.1 35-39 24 10.6 40~44 27 11.9 45-49 27 11.9 50-54 55-59 14 6.2 60+ 10 4.4 No Response 6 2.6 The sample was representative of entire teacher popuiation. 1 The generalization thus foHows that the greatest percentage of Fort Wayne teachers is between 25 and 34. The teachers in this age group usually represent a background of some professional experience and maturity. Usually they have stabilized in a community. It may be noted also that only a small pereEmtage are of retirement age. A third characteristic of importance is the educational preparation of the professional instruetional staff. Fort Wayne teachers have an outstandingly high educational background. Nearly 75 per cent the 1,808 holds a l',J[aster's degree or Master's and hours beyond. Less than one per cent no Bachelor's degree. The Fort Wayne staff has commendable educational preparation. Appropriate incentives and rewards are given for advanced degrees. The data below indicates that nearly 90 per cent of all teaching personnel with more than five years of experience have completed advanced college preparation. 1 Two respondent were sampled from lists of elementary,. junior high, and secondary teachers which were subdivided by race and Response data are presented for all respondents combined throughout chapter since no significant variance occurred between the two groups. 21 |
