What are the characteristics of the CSMP teacher leaders?
The following characteristics of the CSMP teacher leadership group emerge from the survey data: • CSMP teacher leaders are representative of California teachers in terms of their ethnic diversity (79 percent white vs. 80 percent for all California K-12 public school teachers14). They are, however, slightly less diverse than CSMP institute participants. Ethnicity of CSMP Teacher Leaders Compared to CSMP Participants, Site Leaders, and All California Teachers CSMP Teacher Leaders CSMP Institute Participants CSMP Site Leaders All California Teachers African American 4% 5% 6% 5% Asian 4 4 5 4 Hispanic; Latino/a 9 12 10 9 Native Alaskan/Am. Indian 1 1 1 1 Pacific Islander 1 1 1 1 White 79 73 77 80 Other 2 4 1 0 Data sources: 1994 – 95 annual site survey for data on institute participants and site leaders (i.e. principal investigators, project directors, co-directors, assistant directors, etc.). 1994 – 95 California Basic Educational Data system (CBED) data are used throughout the report for
