Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
Also called:
Professor, Instructor, Family and Consumer Sciences Professor (FACS Professor), Assistant Professor
What they do:
Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
On the job, you would:
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, projects, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Math and Science
- sociology and anthropology
- psychology
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Analytical Thinking
- Concern for Others
- Self Control
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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Examples of the technology used in this career will be available soon.
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master's degree or
doctoral/professional degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$64,040
per year, on average
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