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K–12 Music Educator Job Satisfaction in the United States
Thu, April 13, 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (9:50 to 11:20am CDT), Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Chicago Ballroom VIIIAbstract
The purpose of this study was to better understand music educator job satisfaction in the United States, using Schools and Staffing Survey (N=1,500) and National Teacher and Principal Survey (N=1,200) data from the National Center for Education Statistics. The analytic samples each represented a population of over 100,000 music educators. In line with previous findings, music teacher job satisfaction was generally high. Many teacher and school predictors were nonsignificant, but schools’ proportions of students from minoritized populations and receiving free or reduced lunch predicted lower job satisfaction. Structural equation modeling revealed that perceived administrative support had a large effect on job satisfaction. Working conditions and school demographics had moderate effects. Salary satisfaction and extracurricular hours had smaller but significant effects.