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Overview of Educational Administration Positions
Your position as an educational administrator will vary, depending on your focus and the age group you wish to work with. Educational administrators working with school age children usually work as principals or assistant principals. Those who work with younger children are administrators or managers of daycares or preschools. Administrative positions in higher education are held by department heads or chairpersons. Educational administration degree holders may also hold positions with businesses, non-profit groups, county school boards and communities. Pay will vary with preschool administrators averaging $43,430, elementary and secondary schools administrators earning $79,200 and postsecondary administrators averaging $82,820 annually, according to the Bureau of labor Statistics, www.bls.gov.