Are you interested in improving education at the system level?
You might consider a career as a secondary school principal or
educational administrator. Training is available through
master's, doctoral and educational specialist programs. Read on
to learn more. If you were a secondary school principal, you'd
create school policies, prepare budgets and strive to meet
local, state and national academic standards. As a school
administrator, you'd oversee educational programs within a
school or school district, launch new curricula and work to
improve teaching techniques. In both jobs, you'd create
financial and academic goals for your school, gathering input
from students, parents and teachers so their concerns could be
effectively addressed. Another part of your job would be to
motivate and inspire teachers. To be successful at this, you
must be an innovative leader, with excellent communication,
interpersonal and organizational skills. According to the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were about 22