In the ‘real world’ school administrators – Principals and Deputies - would command high respect and compensation - leading the equivalent of a medium to large business. School administrators are often charged with multi-million dollar budgets, responsibility over dozens of staff, hundreds of students and answerable to thousands of parents and of course The Department of Education & Training.

 

On a daily basis, school administrators are expected to lead, motivate and inspire a school community, while balancing conflicting interests and agendas within the education system at the same time as sorting out school-yard fights. Not only are administrators increasingly forced to navigate the increasingly complex political and industrial battlegrounds of the education bureaucracy, they are also increasingly being called on to solve deep rooted community issues.

On top of all this, you have the workload: the endless paperwork, meetings, forums, school councils, parent interviews, reviews and more. Is it any wonder our administrators are under pressure?

Like every other level of schooling, our administrators play a vital role in supporting teachers who are doing their best to educate the students of Western Australia.

The SSTUWA represents the interests of school administrators and is actively involved in gaining better conditions and recognition of the role that school administrators play in keeping schools running – often in difficult and stressful conditions.