school administrator

Runs the building

A school administrator is someone who manages the operations of a school or school district rather than teaching in a classroom.

Principals, vice principals, superintendents, and deans are all school administrators.

The term often carries bureaucratic connotations: The school administrators decided to cut the arts program.

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discipline · office · faculty · budget · budget cuts · policy · staff · staff meeting · parent meeting · PTA meeting · meeting · enrollment · curriculum · suspension · hierarchy · bureaucracy · authority · clipboard

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professional role in education

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Educator of students daily

teacher · instructor · educator · faculty member · teaching staff

institutional hierarchy

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One formally enrolled somewhere

pupil · cafeteria worker · support staff · teaching aide · school volunteer

relationship to students

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Assigned classroom supervisor

student · pupil · classroom teacher · learner · schoolchild

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