TEACHER DIVERSITY

FIGURE SFO-5: ASIAN, BLACK AND HISPANIC TEACHERS AS A PROPORTION OF ALL TEACHERS, BY GENDER,
DISTRICT SCHOOLS, 2003–2012
30
25
20
19.0
21.4
15
10
5
0
10.4
7.9
5.3
5.7
4.5
4.1
3.3 3.8
2.3 2.0
Black (F) Hispanic (F) Asian (F)
Black (M) Hispanic (M) Asian (M)
As Figure SFO-5 illustrates, the populations of male and female teachers (as a proportion of all teachers) of all
races and ethnicities were quite stable over this period. Of these groups, only Asian female teachers represented
a sizeable proportion (roughly 20 percent) of the minority teacher force.
4. ARE NEW HIRES CONTRIBUTING TO TEACHER DIVERSITY IN SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS?
In San Francisco, each year between 2003 and 2012, between 9-12 percent of teachers were new to the city (or,
more accurately, new to the sector—see “About the City Profiles”). As in other cities, these rates tended to be a
bit higher in the earlier years of our data compared with the later years, likely due to the recession.
Figure SFO-6 compares the proportion of new teachers each year, by race and ethnicity, with the overall proportions
of the city’s teaching force, also by race and ethnicity, in the previous year in district schools.
FIGURE SFO-6: PERCENT OF NEW HIRES COMPARED WITH PERCENT OF ALL TEACHERS IN PREVIOUS YEAR, BY
RACE AND ETHNICITY, 2004–2012
20
District Schools
Decreasing Stable Increasing
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15
5.8
1.8
-0.9
-7.6
5.7
3.8
0.1
-9.0
-20
White Black Hispanic Asian
ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE 88 THE STATE OF TEACHER DIVERSITY