Some Phases of the Status of High-School Principals in Texas

Abstract

The office of principal in Texas high schools does not permit clarity of definition. The duties of the principals in high schools located in villages and small communities bear little semblance to those of high-school principals in the city school systems of the state. A study of class schedules reveals that principals in small high schools usually have heavy teaching loads. In fact, the teaching schedules of principals in many of the smallest systems exceed those of the regular teaching staff. On the other hand, the tendency among the larger systems of the state is to relieve principals from teaching in order that they may give undivided attention to supervisory and administrative duties.