Summer employment for science teachers in the Southwest

Abstract

Scope of Study: Questionnaires about summer employment for science teachers were sent to approximately one-hundred potential employers and to one-hundred science teacher. Datum from the returned questionnaires was recorded and most of it placed in graphic form so that it might be more easily interpreted. A chapter is devoted to programs now in operation which provide summer employment for science teachers.

Findings and Conclusions: Summer employment is definitely a serious problem to the average science teacher. It is a major contributor to science teachers leaving; the profession for higher paying jobs in industry. Representatives of industry and the science teachers thinks summer employment of a professional nature will increase the teachers efficiency in the classroom. Industry is sympatric to the proposal to provide summer jobs for science teachers, but more needs to be done to insure specific jobs be provided for teachers only. A few adequate program are now in operation in large industrial areas, but these constitute only a fraction of a percent of the total number of summer jobs needed his year.