Act Governing the Appointment of Educators Article 5

Principals of junior high schools should hold a Teacher ’ s Certificate for secondary schools and meet one of the following requirements:1. Have held the position of junior high school teacher for at least five years and have served as a director of a school ’ s first-level administrative unit for at least three years per regulations governing schools of all levels.2. Have held the position of elementary school teacher or junior high school teacher for at least three years or totaled four years in both, and have the recommended appointment rank of 8th grade or above, or its equivalent, in the field of education administration for no less than two years.3. Have held the position of teacher at schools of all levels for at least seven years, accumulative, among which at least three years as a junior high school teacher and no less than two years as a director of a first-level administrative unit of a junior high school.The eligibility for the principal of a junior high school affiliated to a teachers ’ college shall include a minimum of three years as a full-time lecturer at a college or department of education and another three years as a teacher at a secondary school besides the requirements mentioned in the individual items of the preceding paragraph. A Teacher ’ s Certificate for secondary schools is also required; the years serving as a director of a school ’ s first-level administrative unit as referred to in the University Act shall be included in the required seniority of a director of a first-level administrative unit of a junior high school as specified in Item 3 of the preceding paragraph.Teachers at a junior high school affiliated to a senior high school who hold a Certificate of Successful Completion of Reserve Training for Directors of Junior High Schools shall have their seniority as the director counted as part of the seniority as the director of a first-level administrative unit of a junior high school as specified in Item 3 of Paragraph 1.