Director, Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 20840
- Class code
- 20840
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 20840.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. 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 11/25/2008.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible professional educational and administrative work in directing a program to improve the quality of teacher preparation and to administer professional educational certification in the Commonwealth. The employee in this job is responsible for directing the evaluation of educational credentials and the certification of professional educational personnel and for providing leadership and direction in improving teacher preparation throughout the Commonwealth. Work involves the formulation and administration of policies in the areas of teacher preparation and certification and under the general direction of the Deputy Secretary/Commissioner for Postsecondary and Higher Education and developing recommendations to improve requirements and standards for teacher preparation, professional certification, highly-qualified regulations, and National Board Certification.
Examples of the work
Develops and implements statewide teacher preparation and certification policies and procedures. Directs the development and dissemination of teacher preparation, certification, and staffing standards for professional personnel in Commonwealth schools. Determines the need for new certificates and directs the development of evaluation criteria for certification. Establishes role statements for each position for which a certificate is issued and a set of minimal qualifications in terms of expected job functions. Evaluates proposed legislation relating to certification of professional education staff for impact and develops recommendations for changes.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of professional education experience, including two years in an administrative or supervisory capacity which involved working with curriculum and certification requirements; or An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes two years of professional education experience in an administrative or supervisory capacity, and involved working with curriculum and certification requirements.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.