A survey of the related business work experience of the practicing business education teachers in the public secondary schools of Montana

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to review the business work experience of the practicing vocationally approved business education teachers in the Montana public secondary schools. The specific purpose of the study is: 1. To establish the number of teachers who have office-related business work experience, 2. To determine the approximate hours of business work experience of each teacher, 3. To discover the recency of the last business work experience of each teacher, 4. To research and analyze the attitudes of teachers and prospective teachers toward the importance of recent, relevant office-related work experience, 5. To determine the attitude of teachers and prospective teachers toward possible changes in recertification requirements for vocational business education teachers in Montana, and 6. To determine a means for business teachers now employed as business education teachers in Montana secondary schools to obtain initial, additional, or current business work experience.