New Report on Teacher Requirements to Help Students Outside Regular School Hours

One-fifth of principals reported that teachers at their school were required to help students with their academic needs outside regular school hours, and one in 10 reported that teachers were required to help students with their social and emotional needs outside regular school hours in school year 2017-18. A new NCES Data Point, Teacher Requirements to Help Students Outside Regular School Hours in 2017–18, examines principal reports about whether teachers were required to help students with their academic or social and emotional needs outside regular school hours in public and private schools in the Unites States in school year 2017-18, by selected school classification. Findings include: During the 2017–18 school year, 20 percent of public and private school principals said that teachers in their school were required to help students with their academic needs outside regular school hours. Teachers in private schools (28 percent) were more often required to help students with their academic needs outside regular school hours than were teachers in public schools (17 percent). One in 10 public and private school principals (10 percent) reported that teachers in their school were required to help students with their social and emotional needs outside regular school hours. More private schools (20 percent) required teachers to help students with their social and emotional needs outside regular schools hours than did public schools (8 percent). This report uses data from National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Principal and Private School Principal Data Files,” 2017–18.