Each year since 1984 The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has produced a report that is a survey of current issues in American Education. The report entitled “The Met Life Survey of the American Teacher,” publishes the results of multiple surveys of current issues for this nation’s teachers. Here are some of the findings from this year’s survey.
According to the 2012 report, 39% of the teachers who responded were satisfied with their jobs. This is the lowest level of job satisfaction among members of the teaching profession in 25 years. Those who were analyzing the findings believe that the economy as well as the forthcoming Common Core State Standards may have had an effect on the results in this survey.
With regard to the new federal Common Core State Standards, about half of the teachers who responded to the survey felt that they would be able to successfully implement the new standards in their schools. However the report also noted that they did not believe that the implementation of the new standards would have a positive impact on student achievement. If you live in a state that has a statewide student assessment system in place should be able to substantiate or refute these findings.
Turning to school administrators, 75% of principals surveyed believed that their jobs had become more complex for a wide variety of reasons. This portion of the survey also noted that there was about a 58% job satisfaction rate.
One of the positive statistics to come out of this year's survey was that there was a general belief that parents have become more engaged in their children’s education.
Teachers, parents and administrators will find the report to be a candid look at the current status of education in America. Interested readers can also compare results with surveys for prior years. For more information or to link to this year’s report go to: https://www.metlife.com/metlife-foundation/what-we-do/student-achievement/survey-american-teacher.html?WT.mc_id=vu1101
C.2013 J. Margolis
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