🤝 Shared main role 👩‍🏫 Joint head

co-principal

4.6

A person who shares the top job at a school with another person

noun
/koʊˈprɪnsəpəl/

: co-director

The school has a new co-principal this year.

Examples

As a co-principal, she shares leadership duties and decision-making with her colleague.
The district decided to appoint two co-principals to manage the growing high school.
The new co-principal system encourages collaboration at the top level of the school.
Mr. Johnson is a co-principal at Lincoln High School.
The district decided to appoint two co-principals to manage the growing high school.
As a co-principal, she shares leadership duties and decision-making with her colleague.
The new co-principal system encourages collaboration at the top level of the school.

Synonyms

cochair

vsco-principal

1 3.9

A person who shares leading a committee with someone else

is the shared top post in an institution rather than a group leadership position

co-chairman

vsco-principal

1 3.7

A person who shares the job of leading a group or committee

is the shared top post in an institution rather than a committee position

cochairman

vsco-principal

1 3.7

A person who shares the job of leading a group with another person

is the shared top post focused on institutional duties rather than committee leadership

co-leader

vsco-principal

3.6

A person who shares the job of running a group equally with another person

is a shared top post with formal responsibilities rather than general shared duties

co-director

vsco-principal

3.7

A person who shares the main job of leading a project or company with another person

is a shared top post with institutional duties rather than a managerial co-role

co-chair

vsco-principal

3.5

A person who shares the job of leading a committee or meeting with another person

is a shared top post in an institution rather than a committee role

How Responsible

school principal

23 2.5

co-principal

4.6

deputy

658 3.4

Surface Forms

co-principal singular

co-principals plural

Morphology

co-principal = principal (transparent) = co + principal

Clear prefixed formation: 'co-' + 'principal' yields 'a person who jointly holds the role of principal'.

Etymology

Co-principal combines co- 'together', as in cooperate, and principal 'main' or 'head', as in a school principal. A co-principal is a person who shares the head job or the main responsibility with one or more other people.