Education Program Director III pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000152
- Class code
- 32000152
- Pay group
- NC25
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Education Program Director III is $89,596 to $201,593 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000152.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and supervisory work in directing or coordinating major educational programs, activities, and staff in the Department of Public Instruction or Community College System Office. Positions are responsible for the supervision of varied and broad state-level services and operations, to include personnel, budgets, and education curriculum and/or education program components. Positions provide program development and dissemination of program information to local educational units and/or community colleges. Positions serve as liaisons and coordinate the work with other state and federal agencies, institutions of higher learning, education based organizations, and private businesses and industry as well as sections and divisions within the department.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of educational trends, developments, and instructional techniques. Thorough knowledge of federal laws and guidelines as they pertain to the state's educational program. Thorough knowledge of administrative techniques and the organization of the present educational system in the state. Ability to plan, organize, and implement a statewide program in public education. Ability to delegate complex professional assignments to subordinates and evaluate their work. Ability to establish effective working relationships with federal officials, public school teachers and administrators, subordinates, and the general public.
Minimum qualifications
Master's degree in education or the special education field to which assigned from an appropriately accredited institution, and six years of experience in public education, including a minimum of four years in an administrative capacity; or Doctoral degree in education or the special education field to which assigned from an appropriately accredited institution, and four years of experience in public education including three years in an administrative or supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.