Education administrators hold leadership positions with significant
responsibility. Most find working with students extremely rewarding, but as
the responsibilities of administrators have increased in recent years, so
has the stress. Coordinating and interacting with faculty, parents,
students, community members, business leaders, and State and local
policymakers can be fast-paced and stimulating, but also stressful and
demanding. Principals and assistant principals, whose varied duties include
discipline, may find working with difficult students to be challenging. They
are also increasingly being held accountable for ensuring that their schools
meet recently imposed State and Federal guidelines for student performance
and teacher qualifications.
Many education administrators work more than
40 hours a week, often including school activities at night and on weekends.
Most administrators work 11 or 12 months out of the year. Some jobs include
travel.
Source: Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook
Handbook, 2006-07 Edition
