Since 2007, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), in collaboration with the University of Missouri’s Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) and, more recently, the University of Missouri’s Institute of Public Policy (IPP), has surveyed first-year teachers in Missouri public schools and their supervisors each spring. Together, the two surveys form a statewide data collection effort known collectively as the First-Year Teacher Survey. Similar surveys aimed at first-year principals and school counselors began in 2009 and 2017, respectively.

Technical Manual and First-Year Survey Questionnaires

2025 Survey Data

• Missouri First-Year Educator Surveys 2025 Executive Summary
• Summary Presentations
  • 2025 First-Year Principal Survey Results
  • 2025 First-Year Counselor Survey Results
  • 2025 First-Year Teacher Survey Results
  • 2025 First-Year Superintendent Survey Results

2024 Survey Data

• Missouri First-Year Educator Surveys 2024 Executive Summary
• Summary Presentations
  • 2024 First-Year Principal Survey Results
  • 2024 First-Year Counselor Survey Results
  • 2024 First-Year Teacher Survey Results

2023 Survey Data

• Missouri First-Year Educator Surveys 2023 Executive Summary
• Summary Presentations
  • 2023 First-Year Principal Survey Results
  • 2023 First-Year Counselor Survey Results
  • 2023 First-Year Teacher Survey Results

2022 Survey Data

• Missouri First-Year Educator Surveys 2022 Executive Summary
• Summary Presentations
  • 2022 First-Year Principal Survey Results
  • 2022 First-Year Counselor Survey Results
  • 2022 First-Year Teacher Survey Results

General Survey Information

• Statewide Data, Current and Past (available at the Institute of Public Policy site)
• Technical Manual and First-Year Survey Questionnaires