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		SCHOOL DATA & REPORTS: FY 2002 TEACHER & SUPPORT STAFF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENCY (FTE) & SALARY REPORT: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY     The Vermont Teacher/Staff Report presents data on student/teacher ratios, teacher and staff full-time equivalencies (FTEs), and salaries in the elementary and secondary school system. These data are used to calculate class size and average salaries in Vermont, and are reported to the National Center for Education Statistics and to the Vermont School Boards Association.     TABLE OF CONTENTS       Executive Summary Purpose Teacher and Support Staff FTEs Student/Teacher Ratio Teacher and Teacher Aide Salaries per FTE       Tables and Figures       Table 1: FY 2002 Teacher/Staff FTE   Figure 1: FY 2002 Breakdown of Teacher/Staff FTEs in Direct Instruction       Table 2: FY 2002 Teacher/Staff FTE Breakdown by Gender       Table 3: FY 2002 Student/Teacher Ratio       Table 4: FY 2002 Teacher and Teacher Aide Salaries per FTE     EXECUTIVE SUMMARY       Purpose The FY 2002 Vermont Teacher/Staff Report presents data on student/teacher ratios, teacher and staff full-time equivalencies (FTEs), and salaries in the elementary and secondary school system. These data are used to calculate class size and average salaries in Vermont, and are reported to the National Center for Education Statistics and to the Vermont School Boards Association. Data used in this report were collected in the Vermont Department of Education’s 2001-2002 Fall Data Collection. This collection is designed to gather information on students, teachers and staff in each of the state’s 382 public schools, 5 "public acting" independent schools, and 60 supervisory districts/unions. For the purposes of this report the term "school" will be used in reference to the responding public and public acting schools which submitted data.       Teacher and Support Staff FTEs Vermont public schools and supervisory unions reported a total of 18,273.53 FTE teachers and support staff, compared to 18,098.53 in FY 2001. The number of FTEs providing direct instructional services also increased to 12,739.83 in FY 2002 from 12,611.32 in FY 2001. In FY 2001 direct instructional services accounted for 69.68% of the FTEs for all school and supervisory union staff. In FY 2002 direct instructional services FTEs increased to 69.72%. FY 2002 is the second year that vocational teacher FTEs were collected separately. They account for 1.7% of direct instruction.       FY01 FTEs FY02 FTEs Pre-Kindergarten teachers 62.45 66.25 Kindergarten teachers 302.88 313.90 Elementary teachers 2,843.46 2,890.90 Secondary teachers 3,085.92 3,027.96 Ungraded classroom teachers 1,405.25 1,560.58 Itinerant teachers 713.99 665.86 Vocational teachers 269.47 215.52 Total teachers 8,683.42 --48% of total staff 8,740.97 ---48% of total staff Teacher aides 3,927.90 3,998.86 Total teachers & teacher aides 12,611.32 --70% of total staff 12,739.83 ---70% of total staff       Women fill the majority of direct instructional positions in Vermont. For FY 2002, 71.7% of the teachers and 92.6% of the teacher aides are female. Administrative positions are predominantly male. In FY 2002, 58.5% of the principals and 74.8% of the superintendents are male.       Table 1: FY 2002 Teacher/Staff FTEs Figure 1: FY 2002 Breakdown of teach/Staff FTEs in Direct Instruction (Function Code 1000)       Table 2: FY 2002 Teacher/Staff FTE Breakdown by Gender       Student/Teacher Ratios For FY 2002, Vermont’s average student/teacher ratio is 11.77, compared to 12.13 in FY 2001. Student/teacher ratios ranged from 6 to 19.61. Vermont’s student/teacher ratio is below the National Center for Education Statistics national average projected for FY 2001 of 15.1.       Table 3: FY 2002 Student/Teacher Ratios       Average Teacher and Teacher Aide Salaries Per FTE In FY 2002, the average classroom teacher salary in Vermont is $39,166, an increase of $912 or 2.4% from the FY 2001 average. In FY 2001 there was an increase of 1.4% and in FY 2000 there was an increase of 2.70%. According to the most recent data available from the National Center for Education Statistics, Vermont ranked 28th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia on average teacher salaries for FY 2000. The average teacher aide salary in FY 2002 is $11,780. This is an increase of $623 or 5.58% from the FY 2001 average.       Table 4: FY 2002 Average Teacher and Teacher Aide Salaries Per FTE             Teacher/Staff FTE & Salary Reports School Data & Reports
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