Culinary Arts College Site - School Director

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What role does the School Director aka School President, Executive Director play in the culinary arts school?

In general, the School Director will have full P&L responsibility and will oversee management of the school including the following departments: admissions, education, placement, finance/financial aid, and facilities. S/he will have P& L responsibility for: revenue line - starts, retention, expense control - salaries, staffing, all other expenses, cash flow and the bottom line; marketing, ie. recommending additions and deletions of programs based on market research, spearheading the development of programs not already available within the system; students - maintaining a school that treats its students as customers; communications - students, faculty, staff, region and home office, ie. community and advisory boards; compliance, ie. financial aid, accreditation, default rates and other mandated external financial measures, refunds; and personnel - hiring, training, goal setting, firing.

The successful culinary arts college site School Director should have several solid years experience as a proprietary (for profit) school director, past experience in admissions, experience with diverse curriculum offerings, and staff supervision. A four year college degree is necessary unless the individual has over 10 years experience in the proprietary school business.

Compensation for these types of positions depend on the size of the culinary arts college. They typically range from $60,000 to $120,000 base salary plus bonuses. This can be a very lucrative position in a culinary arts school. Find out more by visiting http://www.culinaryartscollegesite.com