school principal
23
2.5
- noun
- /skuːl ˈprɪnsəpəl/
- US
:
director de la escuela
- As the school principal, he is responsible for ensuring all students receive a quality education.
- school principals' leadership
- school principals' leadership behavior
- school principals' management
And once you're a school principal, you realize we better change the way our school systems are functioning.
- And once you're a school principal, you realize we better change the way our school systems are functioning.
- Go talk to your, your, your school principals and see are they seeing this?
Examples
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I'm the school principal.
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She was a middle school principal.
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I bet this never happens to a private school principal.
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Roger's the school principal there.
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That was my elementary school principal.
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She was a school principal.
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And once you're a school principal, you realize we better change the way our school systems are functioning.
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Sufficient education and support should be given to school principals regarding the use of educational technologies provided in schools.
Academic text (2011) -
The study was carried out with 870 elementary school principals from 16 cities.
Academic text (2011) -
Meeting agendas at school are generally determined by the school principals, and they are not prepared together with the teachers.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
2.2
A person who is in charge of a group or organization
481
3.6
A main person in an activity who has control or responsibility
69
3.2
A person who runs a school, often a private school
14
3.9
A woman who is the head teacher of a school, often a private or girls' school
11
5.5
A male teacher who is often the head of a school
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3.2
A person who leads a school and is responsible for its teachers and students
A person who shares the top job at a school with another person
How Senior
- UK
2
7.2
- US
8
4.1
- US
23
2.5
20
3.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning is directly derivable from 'school' (an educational institution) plus 'principal' (the primary person responsible), yielding the head administrator of a school. This noun-noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
School principal uses the word principal, which means the 'main' person in charge. Picture the principal standing at the front of the school as the leader everyone goes to for decisions, so the phrase means the school's head teacher or leader.