Business & Finance
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
Median salary
$104,070
Typical range
$72k – $166k
Job outlook
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Plan a path to Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
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Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Intern
Internship
$36,200
~4 mos to advance
Junior Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Entry / Junior
$72,400
~2 yrs to advance
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Established
$104,070
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Senior
$134,945
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Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
- •Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- •Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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