Careers in Educational Leadership
Educational leadership careers go beyond educational administration and strive to advance and improve educational institutions or efforts. Educational leadership roles might include department chairs at colleges, universities or high schools, academic deans or athletic directors. These leaders usually perform their role in addition to holding positions such as school principal or administrator.
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Roles of Educational Leaders
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Those in educational leadership roles work to improve the effectiveness of schools or educational programming. They might work on team building efforts with the staff. They might restructure institutions' organization for more efficiency. Educational leaders might also get involved with policy development on the local, state and national levels and be active in education reform issues.
Careers at the College or University Level
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At the post-secondary level, education leaders assume roles such as department chair or director, dean, athletic director or curriculum director. In addition to teaching classes, these roles are responsible for coordinating the efforts of faculty and staff, synchronizing class offerings and course schedules, hiring professors and managing staff. They may also set standards and goals for the department or institution and create initiatives towards meeting those goals.
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Careers at the Elementary or Secondary Level
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At the elementary and secondary level, educational leaders are employed by private schools, larger public schools or school administrative bodies as principals, assistant principals, headmasters, deans, athletic directors or lead teachers. They might hire teachers and manage staff and prepare budgets, as well as set the standards for approving curriculum and set schoolwide policy and standards.
Other Careers in Educational Leadership
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Outside of traditional educational institutions, educational leaders might find roles with advocacy groups or nonprofit organizations creating educational policy and reforming educational systems. Or they might find employment in the business sector as corporate trainers, helping staff to improve skills and work with greater efficiency.
Training for Educational Leadership Careers
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Employers of educational leaders usually prefer to hire candidates with academic teaching experience, even for administrative positions. So most individuals interested in a career in educational leadership start off by completing an accredited teacher training program and obtaining a teaching license before continuing with graduate study. Most positions in educational management and administration require a master's degree in educational leadership or educational administration.
Career Outlook
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With an increase in public demand for better education policies and systems, the need for qualified educational leaders is growing. Employment in the area of academic administration is expected to grow at a rate of about 12 percent from 2006 to 2016. Median salaries for administrators at the post-secondary level were $92,920 annually and $86,060 for elementary and high school administrators, as of May 2008.
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