Career Opportunities

In order to apply for principal positions at the New York City Department of Education, you must be a member of the Principal Candidate Pool.  To view all school-specific principal positions and the essay question you will be asked to address on your application, please see our current principal vacancies.

If you are interested in becoming a principal, but are not yet a member of the Pool, please visit our Principal Candidate Pool page for more information and to apply to online.

Please note: All New York City Schools principals appointed as of February 1, 2008 are automatically placed in the Pool. All current Department of Education employees who tested onto principal eligibility lists under the Board of Examiners before 1990 are also Pool members.

How to Apply for a School-Specific Principal Position:

• Go to the online application page.
• Log-in with your last name and file number to confirm that you have been accepted into the Principal Candidate Pool.
• Click on “Principal Positions”.
• Click on “[borough]” in which the school is located.
• Click on “[school name]” and scroll down to the bottom of the page to submit a new application.
• Tell us why you would be a good leader for this particular school, and, if you need to, attach an updated resume.  The information that you provided when you applied to the Principal Candidate Pool will also be available for hiring managers. 

The deadline for applications for jobs newly posted on February 1, 2010 is 3 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Please be sure all applications include your 6-digit file number that was issued along with your NYC Certificate of Eligibility.

Principal vacancies are generally posted at the beginning and middle of each month and will be open for at least 15 days.  Posting dates may be adjusted for holidays or weekends.

Selection for school appointments will be done in accordance with Chancellor’s Regulation C-30.

If you have questions about the online application process, please contact our Operations team at supvsupport@schools.nyc.gov.

Please note:  AOL e-mail accounts may experience difficulty receiving e-mails from the NYC DOE. If you have access to a non-AOL e-mail account, it would be best to use it when applying for NYC DOE positions. Free e-mail accounts are available at Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail.