headmistresses
Female school leaders
Headmistresses is the plural of headmistress, a woman who serves as the principal of a school, especially a private or independent school.
The term is more common in British English and carries a slightly old-fashioned or formal tone: The headmistresses of the region's boarding schools met annually to discuss admissions.
Chief school administrator
- deanSenior academic administrator
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
direction · supervision · governance · decision-making · influence · delegation · empowerment · visionary
Educational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- instructionGuidance for action
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
scholarship · learning · syllabus · mentorship · examinations · grades · tutoring · lectures
Inflexibility in enforcement
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- conductManner of behaving
- decorumFitting social conduct
expectations · standards · correction · consequences · enforcement · behavior · obedience · propriety
Organizing and directing resources
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- planningArranging for future events
- schedulingAssigning times to events
budgeting · enrollment · admissions · staff · faculty · parents · trustees · records
principal
Chief school administrator
mentorship · direction · supervision · governance · decision-making · influence · delegation · empowerment · visionary · inspiring
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- instructionGuidance for action
academics · scholarship · learning · syllabus · mentorship · examinations · grades · tutoring · lectures · homework
strictness
Inflexibility in enforcement
decorum · expectations · standards · correction · consequences · enforcement · behavior · obedience · propriety · deportment
management
Organizing and directing resources
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- planningArranging for future events
scheduling · budgeting · enrollment · admissions · staff · faculty · parents · trustees · records · policies
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, professor, librarian
- education historypublic schooling, education reforms, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school
headmistressesstudents
Those receiving instruction
pupils · schoolchildren · subordinates · schoolgirls · schoolboys