K-12 Education Administrator

On the job, you would:

• 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.
• Enforce discipline and attendance rules.