| This was a study of the level of usage of clinical supervision practices by the 25 Catholic secondary school principals of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia which includes the surrounding suburbs. A survey, Snyder-Pavan Supervision Practices Questionnaire, was used to gather the principals' self-reports of their clinical supervision practices.;The archdiocesan secondary school principals had a level of clinical supervision practices best described as often. The female principals had a higher level of usage than the male principals, though it was not statistically significant. The lay principals had a higher level of usage than the religious principals, though it was not significant.;The scores of the archdiocesan principals were compared to the scores of five studies of public school principals which used the same survey statement. The average total scores for the six cohorts of principals is as follows: 112 for this study, 110 for Anderson (1986), 114 for Holodick (1988), 116 for Scott (1990), 107 for Bennett (1991), and 117 for Jamula (1991). Scott (1990) was the only one of the public school studies to include secondary school principals and their average total score was 114.;A level of collegiality was determined for each of the six cohorts of principals. Though statistically significant difference was found between the Catholic school principals and the public school principals on several survey items, there was no overall difference between the six groups. |
