Thank you for participating in the Teacher Follow-up Survey!
The TFS is a follow-up survey with a sample of teachers that participated in the 2020-21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). The TFS is more focused on how changes in a teacher’s career and life affect work. The results help to:
The purpose of this survey is to obtain information about the career paths of teachers, including current teachers' experiences and satisfaction, and former teachers' current employment and reasons for leaving the teaching profession.
Go back to FAQ listThe time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average between 19 and 22 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection.
Go back to FAQ listThe National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education, is authorized to conduct this survey by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20 U.S.C. § 9543). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved this survey. The OMB control number is 1850-0617 and the approval expiration date is 07/31/2024.
Go back to FAQ listThis is a chance for your voice to be heard by education leaders! Policymakers and educational leaders rely on data from this survey to inform their decisions concerning K–12 schools. Updating your responses since last year's National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) provides us with vital information about teacher retention and attrition. This survey provides important insight into the career paths of teachers, and your participation will contribute to the success of this survey. You were specifically chosen as part of this scientific study among teachers who participated in the NTPS last year, and we cannot replace you with anyone else. Your answers will ensure that teachers like yourself, whether you're still teaching or have left the teaching profession, are counted.
Go back to FAQ listYour responses are protected by federal law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151). Your answers may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law.
Go back to FAQ listThe information you provide will be combined with the information provided by others in statistical reports. No individually-identifiable data will be included in the statistical reports.
Go back to FAQ listThe sample for the TFS includes former teachers in order to measure teacher attrition, understand the effect of school policies and practices on teachers' decisions to leave the profession, and determine how teachers rate their workplace conditions relative to other professions.
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