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Percentage of public school principals who participated in any professional development activities during the last school year and among those principals, percentage that participated in various kinds of professional development, by state: 2017–18

  Percent of principals who participated in any professional development activities   Among principals who participated in any professional development, percent that participated in various kinds of professional development
State   University course(s) related to your role as principal   Visits other schools designed to improve your own work as principal   Mentoring, peer observation and coaching of principals   Participating in a principal network1   Workshop, conferences, or training in which you were presenter   Other workshops or conferences in which you were not a presenter  
United States 85.2   19.7   67.6   52.2   76.6   47.8   93.7  
                             
Alabama 81.7   15.4   67.1   50.7   79.5   46.2   95.4  
Alaska 82.8   40.4   44.3   38.4   60.3   28.9   94.0  
Arizona 79.0   13.8   65.4   56.2   69.0   45.3   90.5  
Arkansas 92.0   11.7   60.1   51.0   87.0   58.1   93.9  
California 86.1   16.0   72.5   56.1   72.6   43.8   92.9  
                             
Colorado 80.8   22.6   81.8   65.8   79.9   42.0   95.7  
Connecticut 75.1   14.4   71.6   47.4   65.7   55.7   91.9  
Delaware 88.0   20.2   67.5   42.7   74.6   60.7   92.8  
District of Columbia ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Florida 84.3   17.0   83.7   63.2   77.6   49.4   94.4  
                             
Georgia 88.6   12.5   69.4   53.8   79.5   54.0   93.0  
Hawaii 91.4   5.3 ! 86.0   54.5   79.6   52.6   95.4  
Idaho 84.5   66.6   59.9   50.5   75.5   33.9   94.1  
Illinois 85.6   24.3   56.8   44.7   83.3   43.4   94.6  
Indiana 84.1   23.5   69.5   53.4   77.2   43.8   95.2  
                             
Iowa 90.2   29.8   69.6   53.6   87.0   39.9   95.9  
Kansas 85.8   11.2 ! 59.2   53.9   72.3   47.5   90.2  
Kentucky 87.2   26.0   88.5   70.8   85.1   56.4   92.3  
Louisiana 84.9   13.9   72.6   47.7   69.6   43.6   90.3  
Maine 78.7   27.3   64.5   49.1   80.7   46.5   90.5  
                             
Maryland ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Massachusetts 88.0   17.6   76.9   50.2   78.7   46.4   92.4  
Michigan 84.8   24.6   62.7   49.7   82.8   46.2   94.6  
Minnesota 90.5   19.7   66.7   53.1   77.1   55.8   94.0  
Mississippi 82.3   25.1   48.5   39.3   64.9   43.4   94.1  
                             
Missouri 86.0   26.1   78.6   60.3   87.3   59.0   94.9  
Montana 82.9   25.2   46.5   37.1   74.7   38.4   96.4  
Nebraska 86.8   17.8   59.7   51.3   86.9   48.8   93.8  
Nevada 89.8   14.4   61.7   60.6   77.2   55.7   97.1  
New Hampshire 85.7   19.6   70.9   42.8   77.7   47.4   94.2  
                             
New Jersey 89.2   14.2   54.6   40.1   77.0   57.9   92.5  
New Mexico 80.4   14.8   55.0   56.6   68.3   38.2   91.7  
New York 87.4   18.7   70.3   50.9   85.4   56.4   96.0  
North Carolina 77.1   16.7   69.7   52.7   75.5   41.9   92.3  
North Dakota 84.8   61.0   53.6   26.3   88.3   32.3   96.4  
                             
Ohio 86.2   29.9   53.6   41.9   72.3   44.2   90.8  
Oklahoma 83.9   14.1   56.1   46.0   73.5   40.5   90.2  
Oregon 81.6   38.9   69.2   49.8   59.8   49.2   94.3  
Pennsylvania 85.1   25.9   62.0   40.3   79.0   46.4   89.7  
Rhode Island 86.9   18.3   68.0   47.5   75.7   56.5   91.8  
                             
South Carolina 86.1   21.5   73.0   58.7   80.4   55.8   100.0  
South Dakota 88.0   32.7   37.3   28.2   82.4   29.1   96.9  
Tennessee 88.8   16.6   76.4   64.4   83.8   49.0   94.7  
Texas 85.3   14.4   68.0   53.4   69.3   52.6   95.0  
Utah 82.7   15.1   79.7   55.5   80.1   36.4   95.8  
                             
Vermont 86.1   32.1   56.1   56.4   78.9   49.1   97.2  
Virginia 86.9   17.9   71.4   48.2   76.3   44.8   98.1  
Washington 87.8   15.8   67.3   58.0   74.5   42.0   90.7  
West Virginia 84.9   20.8   43.3   45.3   73.7   49.6   90.7  
Wisconsin 82.4   22.1   67.8   56.1   79.9   45.8   94.6  
Wyoming 86.4   27.6   52.0   41.4   71.4   37.0   94.0  
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
1Participating in a principal network includes a group of principals organized within school systems, by an outside agency, or through the internet.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Preliminary Public School Principal Restricted-Use Data File," 2017–18.
 
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