Education Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of public or private elementary or secondary level schools.
Also called: Elementary Principal, Middle School Principal, Principal, Superintendent
Knowledge:
- management
- human resources (HR)
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Self Control
- Concern for Others
Technology:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- NetSuite ERP
Data base user interface and query software
- LogicalBit Eimas
- Microsoft Access
Analytical or scientific software
Education:
certificate after master's
