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What They Do
About This Career
Plans, directs, or coordinates the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
This career is part of the Education and Training cluster Administration and Administrative Support pathway.
A person in this career:
- Evaluates curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Observes teaching methods and examines learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- Counsels and provides guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
- Collaborates with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
- Directs and coordinates activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions.
- Recruits, hires, trains, and evaluates primary and supplemental staff.
- Enforces discipline and attendance rules.
- Confers with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- Creates school improvement plans, using student performance data.
- Sets educational standards and goals, and helps establish policies and procedures to carry them out.
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
People who do this job report that:
- You would often handle loads up to 10 lbs., sometimes up to 20 lbs. You might do a lot of walking or standing, or you might sit but use your arms and legs to control machines, equipment or tools.
- Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
Working in this career involves (physical activities):
- Seeing clearly at a distance
- Seeing clearly up close
- Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
- Identifying and understanding the speech of another person
Work Hours and Travel
- Irregular hours
- Weekend work
Specialty and Similar Careers
Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:
- Athletic Director — Manages and oversees a school's athletic program.
- Elementary Principal
- High School Principal
- Middle School Principal
- School Administrator
- School Superintendent
- Special Education Director
- Superintendent
- Principal
- Vice Principal
Every year the U.S. Department of Labor conducts national surveys of wage data by occupation in every state and in all industry divisions. These surveys are conducted through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program.
The statistics collected for one year are published the next fall. For example, 2013 wage information was published in the fall of 2014.
There are over 800 occupations in the surveys, and these occupations cover the entire U.S. labor market. The surveys ask for reports in a scale of ranges for both hourly wages and annual wages.
In many cases, these occupations are broad enough to cover many more detailed specialties of an occupation. A specific occupation may be included in a broader occupational category for which labor market data is available. When you look at the statistics for a broad category, be aware that the salary data for a specific career may differ.
For more details about how wage information is collected and calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor, visit their website at http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm.
Every year the U.S. Department of Labor conducts a national survey of over 400,000
employers in every state and in all industry divisions. This survey is conducted
through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. Every other year the
department publishes outlook information based on these surveys.
Each outlook period covers 10 years. For example, in 2003 the outlook information
was published for 2004-2014. Employers are asked to report the number of employees
in about 770 different occupations that cover the entire U.S. labor market.
From this information, staffing patterns for different industries are established.
Industry growth is projected into the future based on past trends and current economic
conditions. Industry staffing patterns are then applied to the industry projections
to obtain occupational projections.
In many cases, these occupations are broad enough to cover many more detailed specialties
of an occupation. A specific occupation may be included in a broader occupational
category for which labor market data is available. When you look at the statistics
for a broad category, be aware that the employment data for a specific field may
differ.
For more details about how employment information is collected and calculated by
the U.S. Department of Labor, visit their website at http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.tn.htm.
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