Management
School principal
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: 0% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Education managers (ISCO 1345). Education managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the educational and administrative aspects of education services, primary and secondary schools, colleges and faculties and departments in universities and other educational institutions.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
103 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- academic head of department
- academy school manager
- arts conservatory director
- arts conservatory principal
- assistant head teacher
- assistant headteacher
- assistant principal
- college director
- dean of faculty
- deputy head
- deputy head teacher
- deputy headmaster
- director of faculty
- director of FE college
- director of further education college
- director of primary school
- director of special educational needs school
- education & training consultant
- education and training consultant
- education program coordinator
- education program director
- education programme coordinator
- education programme director
- education programmes manager
- education programs manager
- educational institution manager
- executive headteacher
- faculty dean
- faculty director
- FE director
- FE principal
- further education director
- further education principal
- grammar school manager
- head of academic department
- head of department in a university
- head of department in high school
- head of department in secondary school
- head of faculty
- head of FE college
- head of further education college
- head of higher education institutions
- head of secondary school
- head of university department
- head teacher in special educational needs
- head teacher of primary school
- head teacher of secondary school
- head teacher of special educational needs school
- headmaster
- headmaster of primary school
- headmistress
- headteacher
- headteacher of primary school
- headteacher of secondary school
- headteacher of special educational needs school
- high school department head
- high school director
- high school head of department
- high school head teacher
- high school principal
- inclusive education principal
- international education program coordinator
- international education programme coordinator
- post-secondary school director
- post-secondary school headmaster
- post-secondary school principal
- primary education head teacher
- primary education headteacher
- primary school director
- primary school head teacher
- primary school headmaster
- primary school headteacher
- primary school manager
- primary school principal
- rector for higher education institutions
- rector of higher education
- school department head
- school deputy head
- school deputy headmaster
- secondary school department head
- secondary school director
- secondary school head
- secondary school head of department
- secondary school head teacher
- secondary school headmaster
- secondary school headteacher
- secondary school manager
- secondary school principal
- SEN head teacher
- special educational needs head teacher
- special educational needs headmaster
- special educational needs headteacher
- special educational needs principal
- special educational needs school director
- technical institute director
- technical institute principal
- university chancellor
- university department director
- university department head
- university head of department
- university head of faculty
- university head of school
- vice principal
Training
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Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.