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Percentage of private 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 affiliation: 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  
Affiliation   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  
All private schools 77.1   22.8   64.2   43.3   69.6   37.5   91.1  
                             
Catholic, Parochial 92.5   22.0   62.5   38.4   81.0   32.1   95.6  
Catholic, Diocesan 83.9   29.4   63.0   45.8   78.7   31.5   94.4  
Catholic, Private 75.3   17.9   74.4   51.3   78.6   41.2   89.5  
Baptist 79.0   19.0   45.6   30.2   50.9   18.3   85.4  
Jewish ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
                             
Lutheran 68.4   32.4 ! 71.0   ‡   91.4   30.9 ! 100.0  
Seventh-Day Adventist 94.1   ‡   82.0   39.3 ! 45.5   30.6 ! 91.2  
All Other Religious 68.4   22.6   60.9   46.0   66.0   37.2   86.9  
Non-sectarian, Regular ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis 81.3   21.5   75.5   43.3   74.7   50.7   95.3  
Non-sectarian, Special Education 75.9   20.4   59.3   39.4   52.4   49.3   93.4  
! 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 coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
1 Participating 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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