Job description Elementary School Principal in the Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula Region

Find out what work is like for an elementary school principal in Canada. This work description is applicable to all School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education (NOC 40021).

School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education

Description

School principals plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of teachers and other staff of an elementary or secondary school. They are employed by public and private schools. Administrators of elementary and secondary education plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the academic affairs of a school system. They are employed by school boards.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • School principals
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate, through department heads or supervisors, the activities of teachers and support staff
  • Review programs to ensure conformance to school board or provincial standards and develop programs within limits of authority
  • Co-ordinate teaching activities of the institution by making personnel assignments, determining class size and preparing timetables
  • Organize and maintain procedures for the keeping of records
  • Prepare and administer institution or program budget
  • Direct and co-ordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities
  • May recruit and hire teachers and other staff
  • May teach.
  • Administrators of elementary and secondary education
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate, through school principals, the academic affairs of a school district
  • Evaluate curriculum, teaching methods and community participation in programs for a school district and revise programs as required
  • Develop and administer programs for the education and training of students and adults
  • Make recommendations concerning the annual operating budget of a school district
  • Direct or supervise the recruitment, appointment, training, evaluation and promotion of teaching personnel.

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 40021), and a list of similar occupations:

  • board of education administrator
  • chief superintendent - schools
  • director of education - correctional institution
  • director of school for the hearing impaired
  • district school superintendent
  • private school headmaster/mistress
  • school principal
  • school vice-principal
  • secondary school principal
  • superintendent of elementary education
  • superintendent of secondary schools
  • superintendent of special education

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