Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Elementary Principal, Middle School Principal (MS Principal), Principal, Superintendent
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
On the job, you would:
- Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
Knowledge
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Business
- management
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- notice when problems happen
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Visual Understanding
- quickly know what you are looking at
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Initiative
- Self-Confidence
- Leadership Orientation
- Perseverance
- Empathy
- Stress Tolerance
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- Desmos
- IBM SPSS Statistics Hot Technology
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Wilcomp Software RenWeb
Data base user interface and query software
- Blackboard software
- Microsoft Access Hot Technology
Education
Education: (rated 4 of 4)
master's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Job Outlook
Below Average
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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- Instructional Coordinators
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