Data were collected on the demographic characteristics, educational backgrounds, and perceptions/attitudes of the approximately 1,429 business and marketing education teachers who were among the subsample of 3,538 vocational teachers and total sample of 56,051 public school teachers who participated in the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey. These data were analyzed to develop a profile of business and marketing education teachers in the United States. Among the study's main conclusions were the following: (1) 55.9% of business/marketing teachers have a second major or minor field of study; (2) 60.5% participated in teacher workshops or inservice training, and 85.9% belonged to a professional teacher or educational organization; (3) 50.1% were optimistic about their degree of control over their environment in determining discipline policy and 58.5% were optimistic about their degree of control over curriculum; (4) fewer than half the teachers considered schools effective in assisting new teachers; and (5) building basic literacy skills, promoting good work habits/self-discipline, and promoting occupational/vocational skills were identified as the three most important goals of business/marketing education. It was recommended that teacher educators take a more proactive role in encouraging/developing/administering mentoring programs for new teachers and that teacher educators consider the perceptions/attitudes of experienced teachers when developing preservice training. (MN)