Management
Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
Median pay
$105,870
Growth to 2035
0%
little or no change
Openings a year
20,600
Time to qualify*
7 years
* From a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field.
Pay
Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
Getting in
- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
- On-the-job training
- None
- Prior experience
- 5 years or more
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What the work is like
Dealing with the public
Unpleasant or angry people
Time pressure
Cost of a mistake
Freedom to make decisions
Repeating the same tasks
Time sitting
Time standing
Outdoors in all weather
Exposure to disease
Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary: 80% usually work over 40 hours a week
Core tasks
- 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.
- Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.
- Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
- Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.
Also called: Athletic Director · Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent · Curriculum Director · Elementary Principal · K-12 Principal (Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Principal) · MS Principal (Middle School Principal) · School Administrator (School Admin) · School Superintendent
Outlook and AI
Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary held 343,800 jobs in 2025. BLS projects 342,700 by 2035 (0%, little or no change; all jobs: +3.5%).
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