Teacher Satisfaction Data 

Teachers consistently say they are "satisfied with their job" at rates that are the same or higher than workers overall.

https://www.chadaldeman.com/p/raw-data-teachers-are-satisfied-with

As the chart shows, teachers are pretty satisfied! As of the latest data from 2022, 92% of teachers said they were satisfied with their work, slightly surpassing the 87% rate for workers overall.

Save the Date!

The GFO/AAEE Annual Conference is coming to Denver 

Save the date to join us for the GFO/AAEE Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado the week of October 21st, 2024. GFO will again be hosting our annual conference in conjunction with AAEE. We will have more details on registration and conference information soon.   

New on the GFO Website

This powerful new section on the GFO site will help anyone who is ready to get started using GFO resources. Choose the path option that best matches your role, and move through an easy-to-follow process to get started with GFO. Feel free to choose more than one path to find links to many useful resources!  

Celebrating the AMTE GFO Task Force!

On January 10, 2024, the AMTE GFO Task Force had a celebration recognizing the outgoing change agents and onboarding the new change agents, and Wendy and Drew also joined in on the call. Thank you Tim Hendrix (deceased), Jean Lee, Amy Roth McDuffie, Gary Martin, and Glenn Waddell for your service. Glenn Waddell and Jean Lee will remain on the Task Force. We welcome new change agents to the AMTE Task Force: Lisa Amick (University of Kentucky), Sarah Dyess (University of Alabama in Huntsville), and Brian Lawler (Kennesaw State University)!

Voices from the Field

Short testimonies and feedback from the GFO Community

"I’ve used GFO data in my work recruiting students to our Noyce project here at Bemidji State (Northern MN). I, along with colleague Jenna O’Dell, visited many community college calculus courses to share the Noyce scholarship, and teaching career opportunities with students who had strong math backgrounds. We made a brief 5-minute slideshow that we shared with willing community college math classes. We shared data from GFO (teacher satisfaction, national salary data, retirement benefits, job availability) to let students know about the benefits and opportunities in teaching." 

Todd Frauenholtz, Bemidji State University, MN

"We modified the Busting Myths presentation with local data about salary and benefits and local pictures but otherwise stuck to the script. When we got to the part about why teachers like their jobs, we turned it over to a second-year teacher who graduated from our program. We put in links to Kahoot to make it interactive in various places."

Michael Marder, University of Texas - Austin

GFO Leaderboard 

Happy New Year and Congratulations to all the active GFO Champions of 2023!

Do you have GFO activities that you haven’t registered?  Register your activities here!

We are excited to welcome 7 new GFO Champions! 

A GFO Champion is anyone who shares facts about the teaching profession by using the materials and messages from the GFO project locally or nationally. A GFO Champion can be a current teacher, a faculty member, a teacher recruiter, or a careers advisor, or more!

It helps the project a great deal if you register as a Champion - and, you will appear on the community map, earn designations that can be included in your professional portfolio, and can make priority requests for local teacher salary and benefits data.

Michael Boyer, Weld County School District 6, CO, Human Resources

Lauren Rector, Missouri State University, Special Education

Jenna O'Dell, Bemidji State University, MN, Math or Math Education

Erin Scott-Stewart, Southern University and A&M College (LA), Teacher Preparation

Tomas Espinosa, Texas A&M University - Commerce, Chemistry or Chemistry Education

Adrienne Aul, Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, Secondary STEM Education

Dawn Teuscher, Brigham Young University, UT, Math or Math Education

Not a Champion yet? Learn more about becoming a GFO Champion.

Already a Champion? Please register your activities!

Talk to us! We want to hear from you – your successes, challenges, questions and concerns!  Email GettheFactsOut@Mines.edu.