Administrator Education Experience

November 2007

Available data about school and district administrators come from the Professional Assignment Information Form (PAIF) that administrators and teachers fill out each year for the California Department of Education. Geared toward teachers rather than administrators, the data have limitations. However, the 2006–07 data show that California’s administrators are generally well educated, with 77% holding a master’s degree or higher, including 7% with a doctorate. They have spent many years working in education and in their districts.

Most California administrators have experience in education and in their districts

Data: California Department of Education
EdSource 11/07

About three-quarters of California's admnistrators have spent 11 or more years working in education, and about half have spent that much time in the same district.