A school or program administrator is an educational leader who has the knowledge, skills, and cultural competence to improve learning and achievement to ensure the success of each student by ensuring management of the organization, operations, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.
Functions:
- Monitor and evaluate the management and operational systems
- Obtain, allocate, align, and efficiently utilize human, fiscal and technological resources
- Promote and protect the welfare and safety of students and staff
- Develop the capacity for distributed leadership
- Ensure teacher and organizational time is focused to support quality instruction and student learning
- Provide opportunities for students to be heard in decisions that affect them
