Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of public or private elementary or secondary level schools.
<ul><li>Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure that school activities comply with federal, state, and local regulations.</li><li>Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques, and to determine areas where improvement is needed.</li><li>Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.</li><li>Direct and coordinate activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions.</li><li>Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.</li><li>Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems.</li><li>Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.</li><li>Enforce discipline and attendance rules.</li><li>Create school improvement plans by using student performance data.</li><li>Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.</li><li>Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.</li><li>Participate in special education-related activities, such as attending meetings and providing support to special educators throughout the district.</li><li>Plan and develop instructional methods and content for educational, vocational, or student activity programs.</li><li>Prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding.</li><li>Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.</li><li>Review and approve new programs, or recommend modifications to existing programs, submitting program proposals for school board approval as necessary.</li><li>Recommend personnel actions related to programs and services.</li><li>Develop partnerships with businesses, communities, and other organizations to help meet identified educational needs and to provide school-to-work programs.</li><li>Review and interpret government codes, and develop programs to ensure adherence to codes and facility safety, security, and maintenance.</li><li>Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases.</li><li>Direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities.</li><li>Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.</li><li>Prepare, maintain, or oversee the preparation and maintenance of attendance, activity, planning, or personnel reports and records.</li></ul>