Quick American Vocabulary Question ...

[andraste]

Hey, in America is the deputy to the head of a school a vice-principal, an assistant principal or a deputy principal? Or does it vary by region/institution?

Comments

[astrogirl]

I'm pretty sure it was always the vice-principal at all the schools I went to.

[andraste]

Thank you - that's what I went with in the end.

[ultrapsychobrat]

I've only taught school in California, and the term has changed over the years. When I was in school and when I first started teaching the title was Vice Principal. Since about 1980 the title has been Assistant Principal.

[andraste]

I went with vice-principal in the end. Thanks for the info.

[johnnash]

Growing up in lower Westchester, we had a Vice Principal in elementary school and then Assistant Principals in middle school and high school.

[andraste]

Thank you for providing the most geographically relevant answer to my question *g*. I went with vice-principal in the end.

[johnnash]

You're welcome. I've always thought that the one useful thing to come out of my upbringing is the ability to cross-apply it to fandom for any and all references.

[stlscape]

It's Assistant Principal where I live, and has been for decades.

[andraste]

Thanks for the info!

[settiai]

In the area where I went to school (southern Tennessee), it was the assistant principal until the mid-to-late 1980s at which point they started using the term vice principal. Then about five years ago, they switched back to assistant principal.

[andraste]

Thanks for the info - I ultimately went with vice-principal.