Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary

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Assistant Professor, Professor, Social Work Associate Professor, Social Work Professor

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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.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, or handouts.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

Knowledge

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Math and Science

  • sociology and anthropology
  • psychology

Health

  • therapy and counseling

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • teaching people how to do something
  • understanding people's reactions

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Integrity
  • Independence
  • Initiative
  • Concern for Others
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Dependability

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Word processing software

  • Google Docs Hot Technology
  • Microsoft Word Hot Technology

Computer based training software

  • Learning management system LMS
  • Moodle

Electronic mail software

  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook Hot Technology

Education

doctoral degree or
master's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average
New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Salary:

$66,510
$40,130
$109,610
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