Shares of teachers who said they received or did not receive various resources for professional development activities, in all schools and in low- and high-poverty schools
| All | Low-poverty | High-poverty | Gap (high- minus low-poverty) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled time in the contract year for professional development | ||||
| Yes | 78.7% | 80.1% | 77.7% | -2.4 ppt. |
| No | 21.3% | 19.9% | 22.3% | 2.4 ppt. |
| Released time from teaching | ||||
| Yes | 50.9% | 50.1% | 51.2% | 1.1 ppt. |
| No | 49.1% | 49.9% | 48.8% | -1.1 ppt. |
| Reimbursement for conference or workshop fees | ||||
| Yes | 28.2% | 32.0% | 25.1% | -6.9 ppt. |
| No | 71.8% | 68.0% | 74.9% | 6.9 ppt. |
| Stipend for professional development activities that took place outside regular work hours | ||||
| Yes | 27.3% | 22.2% | 31.3% | 9.1 ppt. |
| No | 72.7% | 77.8% | 68.7% | -9.1 ppt. |
| Reimbursement for travel and/or daily expenses | ||||
| Yes | 20.5% | 19.2% | 20.2% | 1.0 ppt. |
| No | 79.5% | 80.8% | 79.8% | -1.0 ppt. |
| Full or partial reimbursement of college tuition | ||||
| Yes | 9.4% | 12.4% | 7.3% | -5.1 ppt. |
| No | 90.6% | 87.6% | 92.7% | 5.1 ppt. |
| Credits received toward recertification or advanced certification in their main teaching assignment or other teaching field(s) | ||||
| Yes | 49.6% | 46.2% | 50.0% | 3.8 ppt. |
| No | 50.4% | 53.8% | 50.0% | -3.8 ppt. |
Notes: Data are for teachers in public noncharter schools. Teachers were asked to answer “yes” or “no” to the following question: “For the PD in which you participated in the past 12 months, did you receive the following types of support?” A teacher is considered to be in a low-poverty school if less than 25 percent of the students in his/her classroom are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs; a teacher is considered to be in a high-poverty school if 50 percent or more of the students in his/her classroom are eligible for those programs.
Source: 2011–2012 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) microdata from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)