NOC 2021 · 40021 · TEER 0
School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education
Unit group 40021 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
School principals plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of teachers and other staff of an elementary or secondary school. They are employed by public and private schools. Administrators of elementary and secondary education plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the academic affairs of a school system. They are employed by school boards.
Example job titles
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- Aboriginal school principal
- academic dean - high school
- academic superintendent
- area superintendent - schools
- assistant district school superintendent
- assistant principal
- assistant school district superintendent
- assistant superintendent of schools
- associate superintendent - schools
- board of education administrator
- business college principal
- chief superintendent - schools
- college principal - secondary level
- community school principal
- deputy superintendent - schools
- director of education - correctional institution
- director of school for the blind or deaf
- director of school for the hearing impaired
- director of school for the visually impaired
- district school assistant superintendent
- district school superintendent
- elementary school principal
- hall principal - secondary school
- high school principal
- Native school principal
- principal
- private primary college principal
- private school headmaster/mistress
- private school principal
- regional schools superintendent
- regional superintendent - schools
- school board administrator
- school district assistant superintendent
- school district superintendent
- school principal
- school superintendent
- school vice-principal
- secondary school principal
- superintendent of academic affairs
- superintendent of education programs
- superintendent of education programs in public schools
- superintendent of educational services
- superintendent of elementary education
- superintendent of elementary schools
- superintendent of operations - schools
- superintendent of professional development - schools
- superintendent of secondary schools
- superintendent of special education
- superintendent of student services
- technical high school principal
- vocational high school principal
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.