principalship

Top administrator role

Principalship is the position or tenure of a principal, typically the head administrator of a school: She accepted the principalship at Lincoln Elementary.

The term covers both the role itself and the period during which someone holds it: During his principalship, test scores improved dramatically.

role

headmaster

School's chief administrator

director · executive · office · position · title · appointment · term · duties · portfolio · authority

administration

superintendent

Chief administrative official

supervision · policy · compliance · budgeting · scheduling · reporting · accreditation · enrollment · staffing · operations

responsibility

stewardship

Responsible care of entrusted things

accountability · answerability · commitment · integrity · ethics · dependability · charge · custody · guardianship · fiduciary

educational-leadership

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

mentorship · coaching · faculty · discipline

vision

mission

Purpose-driven task

initiative · reform · influence · inspiration · empowerment · collaboration · legacy

Categories
Opposites
administrative hierarchy

principalshipclassroom teacher

Educator of students daily

student · paraprofessional · teacher's aide

leadership status

principalshipsubordination

Lower position in hierarchy

followership · junior staff · powerlessness · pupilage · apprenticeship

role function

principalshipteaching

Profession of instructing others

classroom instruction

Family

principal, principle, principles, principled, unprincipled, principally, principality, principalities, principia

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