Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
Also called:
Professor, Social Work Professor, Clinical Professor, Instructor
What they do:
Teach courses in social work. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
On the job, you would:
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as family behavior, child and adolescent mental health, and social intervention evaluation.
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
- English language
- philisophy and religion
Math and Science
- sociology and anthropology
- psychology
Health
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- teaching people how to do something
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- read and understand what is written
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
- Achievement/Effort
- Analytical Thinking
- Initiative
- Independence
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Examples of the technology used in this career will be available soon.
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doctoral/professional degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$63,250
per year, on average
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