The head teacher is responsible for the administrative, personnel, financial and pedagogical management and development of the school in cooperation with the relevant authorities. This includes the following tasks:

• Management of the teaching staff and other staff (excluding janitors)
• Regulation of the supervision of pupils
• Organization of school operations
• School career decisions (early admission to kindergarten or school, exemption from the 9th school year, deferral) or submitting applications for school career decisions (e.g. transfers)
• Cooperation with the education authority, in particular involvement in the hiring, supervision, assessment and dismissal of teaching staff
• Administration of school loans
• Accountability to the school board and reporting to the public