How to hire education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
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Job description template
Copy it, fill in the brackets, and remove anything that does not fit your job. Keep only must-haves you would really turn someone away for.
[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives. • Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems. • Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues. • Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements. • Enforce discipline and attendance rules. • Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement. • Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff. • Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Master's degree] • Strong active listening, learning strategies, reading comprehension, speaking, critical thinking and writing skills • Working knowledge of education and training, administration and management, English Language and customer and personal service • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $105,870 a year. [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
- How do you teach yourself a new process, and how would you teach it to someone else?
- Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What education administrators, kindergarten through secondary do
- Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
- Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
- Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.
- Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
- Typical education to start: Master's degree (BLS)
- Experience usually needed to start: 5 years or more (BLS)
- Job outlook: -0.3% over ten years, little or no change · about 20,600 openings a year (BLS)
What to pay education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:
| State | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| Washington | $166,590 |
| California | $159,950 |
| Connecticut | $156,240 |
| New York | $138,830 |
| District of Columbia | $137,470 |
| North Carolina | $83,180 |
| Mississippi | $82,800 |
| West Virginia | $80,650 |
See education administrators, kindergarten through secondary pay in every state
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Post a job freePay by areaJob duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.