Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary

Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.

On the job, you would:

• Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
• Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.

Education

• certificate after master's
• master's degree

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Business

• management
• human resources (HR)

Education and Training

• teaching and course design

Safety and Government

• law and government

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• talking to others

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

• understanding people's reactions
• changing what is done based on other people's actions

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

• Integrity
• Dependability
• Leadership
• Initiative
• Self Control
• Concern for Others

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• use rules to solve problems
• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Attention

• do two or more things at the same time
• pay attention to something without being distracted

Math

• choose the right type of math to solve a problem