Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
Business Education Teacher, Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher), Industrial Technology Teacher, Technology Education Teacher (Tech Ed Teacher)
What they do:
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
On the job, you would:
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
Knowledge
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Business
- administrative services
Skills
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things
Social
- teaching people how to do something
- understanding people's reactions
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
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Optimism
- Empathy
- Stress Tolerance
- Self-Control
- Social Orientation
- Cooperation
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Object or component oriented development software
- jQuery Hot Technology
- Scala Hot Technology
Word processing software
- Google Docs Hot Technology
- Microsoft Word Hot Technology
Development environment software
- Apache Kafka Hot Technology
- Go Hot Technology
Education
Education: (rated 3 of 4)
bachelor's degree
usually needed
usually needed
Job Outlook
Below Average
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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