This survey investigates the characteristics and responsibilities of the director of student teaching in United States colleges and universities. Consisting of explanatory sections with graphs revealing data gathered (through a questionnaire) from student teaching directors, the report covers their educational and personal characteristics (age, sex, marital status, children, educational preparation, teaching experience), their salary and fringe benefits, their work load, their job satisfaction, their responsibilities, their major problems, and the characteristics of institutions employing them. A summary of the data is presented as the concluding chapter, and the questionnaire which was used for the study is appended. (SM)