Table 2.
Participant teaching patterns, overall and by school level
| Characteristic* | Overall N = 700 | Elementary N = 288 | Middle N = 181 | High N = 230 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching in person | ||||
| Yes | 609 (87.0%) | 242 (84.0%)† | 172 (95.0%)§ | 194 (84.4%) |
| No | 86 (12.3%) | 45 (15.6%) | 9 (5.0%) | 32 (13.9%) |
| Prefer not to answer | 5 (0.7%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.7%) |
| Within 6 feet of staff member >15 min/d#,‖ | ||||
| Never | 205 (33.7%) | 78 (32.2%) | 53 (30.8%) | 73 (37.6%) |
| Approximately once a month | 29 (4.8%) | 11 (4.6%) | 6 (3.5%) | 12 (6.2%) |
| Approximately once a week | 64 (10.5%) | 16 (6.6%) | 23 (13.4%) | 25 (12.9%) |
| A few times a week | 82 (13.5%) | 29 (12.0%) | 24 (14.0%) | 29 (15.0%) |
| Approximately once a day | 78 (12.8%) | 38 (15.7%) | 19 (11.1%) | 21 (10.8%) |
| Multiple times a day | 140 (23.0%) | 67 (27.7%) | 41 (23.8%) | 32 (16.5%) |
| Prefer not to answer | 11 (1.8%) | 3 (1.2%) | 6 (3.5%) | 2 (1.0%) |
| Within 6 feet of student >15 min/d#,¶ | ||||
| Never | 164 (26.9%) | 49 (20.3%) | 55 (32.0%) | 59 (30.4%) |
| Approximately once a month | 16 (2.6%) | 4 (1.7%) | 4 (2.3%) | 8 (4.1%) |
| Approximately once a week | 35 (5.8%) | 8 (3.3%) | 9 (5.2%) | 18 (9.3%) |
| A few times a week | 73 (12.0%) | 12 (5.0%) | 22 (12.8%) | 39 (20.1%) |
| Approximately once a day | 38 (6.2%) | 14 (5.8%) | 14 (8.1%) | 10 (5.2%) |
| Multiple times a day | 273 (44.8%) | 150 (62.0%) | 65 (37.8%) | 58 (29.9%) |
| Prefer not to answer | 10 (1.6%) | 5 (2.1%) | 3 (1.7%) | 2 (1.0%) |
| In-person coaching or extracurriculars | ||||
| Yes | 63 (9.0%) | 8 (2.8%)†,‡ | 13 (7.2%)§ | 42 (18.3%) |
| No | 636 (90.9%) | 280 (97.2%) | 168 (92.8%) | 187 (81.3%) |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.4%) |
| In-person h/wk, averaged over last 4 wk# | 21 (10, 30) | 28 (14, 34)†,‡ | 24 (12, 30)§ | 16 (6, 26) |
| Maximum students in room at once# | 15 (12, 17) | 16 (12, 19)†,‡ | 15 (13, 16)§ | 13 (10, 15) |
| Maximum students seen per day# | 24 (15, 40) | 18 (14, 30)† | 43 (30, 55)§ | 21 (13, 31) |
| Individual students seen per week# | 38 (18, 75) | 18 (15, 37)†,‡ | 80 (60, 105)§ | 30 (18, 50) |
Comparison of medians by Wilcoxon rank sum test; comparison of dichotomous variables by Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test. No adjustments were made for multiple comparisons.
⁎
Presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range).
†
P < .05 for elementary vs middle.
‡
P < .05 for elementary vs high.
§
P < .05 for middle vs high.
‖
P < .05 for elementary vs high for having at least daily contact with another staff member at ≤6 feet for >15 minutes.
¶
P < .05 for elementary vs middle, elementary vs high, and middle vs high for having at least daily contact with a student at ≤6 feet for >15 minutes.
#
Among participants teaching in person.