School administrators

The principal or headmistress is responsible for the administrative, personnel, financial as well as pedagogical management and development of the school in cooperation with the competent authorities. This includes the following tasks:

• Leadership of the teaching staff and other staff (except janitorial service)
• Regulating the supervision of students
• Organization of school operations
• School career decisions (early admission to kindergarten or school, exemption from the 9th grade, deferral) or application for school career decisions (e.g., transfers)
• Cooperation with the school board, in particular participation in hiring, supervision and evaluation, and dismissal of teaching staff
• Management of school loans
• Accountability to the school board and reporting to the public