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Among public school principals with at least 1 year of experience at their current school and who participated in any professional development last school year, percentage reporting that they participated in professional development on various topics, by selected school characteristics and principal experience: 2017–18
Selected school characteristic and principal experience |
Analyzing and interpreting student achievement data |
Human resource management |
Student motivation and engagement |
Use of technology to support instruction |
School management and policy |
School improvement planning |
Social services for students |
Safety or school climate |
Supporting effective instruction |
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All public schools | 85.5 | 48.8 | 77.2 | 78.5 | 65.3 | 77.1 | 54.2 | 85.1 | 91.9 | ||||||||||
School classification | |||||||||||||||||||
Traditional public | 85.6 | 48.8 | 77.3 | 79.5 | 64.9 | 77.1 | 54.1 | 85.5 | 92.0 | ||||||||||
Charter school | 85.1 | 49.3 | 77.2 | 66.2 | 70.4 | 76.3 | 55.2 | 79.7 | 90.2 | ||||||||||
Community type | |||||||||||||||||||
City | 89.0 | 59.6 | 78.0 | 75.2 | 71.6 | 83.4 | 59.5 | 85.8 | 93.7 | ||||||||||
Suburban | 83.9 | 49.8 | 75.7 | 81.2 | 63.5 | 74.8 | 56.3 | 85.6 | 92.1 | ||||||||||
Town | 83.0 | 40.7 | 78.6 | 76.2 | 63.2 | 76.7 | 51.0 | 83.2 | 91.0 | ||||||||||
Rural | 85.1 | 40.2 | 77.7 | 80.0 | 62.0 | 73.5 | 47.4 | 84.7 | 90.2 | ||||||||||
School level | |||||||||||||||||||
Primary | 87.2 | 49.5 | 75.4 | 77.4 | 63.4 | 77.0 | 52.4 | 84.0 | 92.4 | ||||||||||
Middle | 83.6 | 47.7 | 81.2 | 81.3 | 64.3 | 77.6 | 60.1 | 85.7 | 92.8 | ||||||||||
High | 83.6 | 50.4 | 77.8 | 79.1 | 69.9 | 77.1 | 57.8 | 88.0 | 90.9 | ||||||||||
Combined | 82.3 | 43.8 | 80.7 | 80.0 | 69.4 | 76.4 | 47.6 | 84.9 | 89.3 | ||||||||||
Student enrollment | |||||||||||||||||||
Less than 200 | 82.1 | 46.0 | 76.2 | 74.2 | 68.4 | 74.4 | 49.8 | 83.3 | 87.1 | ||||||||||
200–499 | 85.4 | 43.9 | 76.7 | 77.2 | 62.6 | 76.4 | 52.0 | 83.3 | 91.9 | ||||||||||
500–749 | 86.2 | 52.1 | 78.3 | 79.0 | 64.7 | 77.5 | 54.4 | 87.2 | 93.0 | ||||||||||
750–999 | 88.0 | 54.7 | 77.0 | 84.2 | 70.3 | 80.7 | 60.0 | 87.0 | 93.8 | ||||||||||
1,000 or more | 86.6 | 58.2 | 78.3 | 83.0 | 68.7 | 78.7 | 62.4 | 87.4 | 93.9 | ||||||||||
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced–price lunches |
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0–34 | 79.9 | 44.6 | 74.6 | 78.1 | 60.3 | 71.9 | 51.6 | 84.9 | 90.5 | ||||||||||
35–49 | 84.5 | 43.3 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 59.8 | 72.3 | 56.4 | 87.1 | 90.8 | ||||||||||
50–74 | 85.5 | 49.1 | 77.7 | 79.6 | 65.7 | 78.4 | 54.1 | 84.3 | 91.9 | ||||||||||
75 or more | 90.7 | 54.8 | 79.0 | 77.0 | 72.0 | 82.8 | 55.4 | 84.9 | 93.6 | ||||||||||
Principal total years of experience | |||||||||||||||||||
1 or 2 years | 85.8 | 54.6 | 79.3 | 75.3 | 72.1 | 78.0 | 54.4 | 83.6 | 90.9 | ||||||||||
3–9 years | 84.8 | 48.2 | 77.1 | 78.3 | 65.4 | 77.1 | 54.0 | 85.4 | 92.2 | ||||||||||
10 years or more | 86.5 | 45.8 | 76.0 | 81.3 | 60.4 | 76.5 | 54.3 | 85.7 | 92.1 | ||||||||||
NOTE: Percentages are among those principals who indicated that, during the last school year (2016–17), they participated in any professional development activities as a principal at their current school. | SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Principal Data File," 2017–18. |
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