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Education Teachers, Postsecondary

$66.93K Median Salary 7.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Teach courses pertaining to education, such as counseling, curriculum, guidance, instruction, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Reported Job Titles

Adjunct Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Education Instructor, Education Professor, Faculty Member, Instructor, Lecturer, Professor, Special Education Professor

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Expression

Speech Clarity

Oral Comprehension

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Speech Recognition

Problem Sensitivity

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Information Ordering

Originality

Knowledge

Education and Training

English Language

Psychology

Sociology and Anthropology

Administration and Management

Communications and Media

Mathematics

Customer and Personal Service

Personnel and Human Resources

Computers and Electronics

Philosophy and Theology

Skills

Speaking

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Instructing

Learning Strategies

Active Learning

Writing

Monitoring

Complex Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Time Management

Social Perceptiveness

Judgment and Decision Making

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Coordination

Service Orientation

Technology Skills

Word processing software

Computer based training software

Electronic mail software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Calendar and scheduling software

Office suite software

Analytical or scientific software

Internet browser software

Presentation software

Information retrieval or search software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Tools

Microphones

Televisions

Portable data input terminals

Multimedia projectors

Videoconferencing systems

Web cameras

Photocopiers

Microphone stand

Scanners

Interactive whiteboards or accessories

Epidiascopes

Teleconference equipment

Notebook computers

Projection screens or displays

Touch screen monitors

High capacity removable media drives

Video standards converter

MP3 players or recorders

Inkjet printers

Digital cameras

Slide projectors

Liquid crystal display projector

Laser printers

Compact disk players or recorders

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Digital video disk players or recorders

Special purpose telephones

Overhead projectors

Laser fax machine

Scientific calculator

Desktop computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Knowledge

Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

Skills

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.

Technology Skills

Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Information retrieval or search software: LexisNexis
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software: Text scanning software

Tools

Microphones: Handheld microphones; Studio microphones; Wireless microphones
Televisions: Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers
Multimedia projectors: Computer projectors; Multimedia projection equipment
Videoconferencing systems: Videoconferencing equipment
Web cameras: Webcams
Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Microphone stand: Microphone podiums
Scanners: Data input scanners
Interactive whiteboards or accessories: Wireless slates
Epidiascopes: Opaque projectors
Teleconference equipment: Teleconferencing equipment
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Projection screens or displays: Projector screens
Touch screen monitors: Interactive whiteboards
High capacity removable media drives: Universal serial bus USB flash drives
Video standards converter: Video converters
MP3 players or recorders: MP3 digital voice recorders
Inkjet printers: Poster printers
Digital cameras:
Slide projectors: Carousel slide projectors
Liquid crystal display projector: Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Compact disk players or recorders: Compact disk CD players
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Digital video disk players or recorders: Digital video disk DVD players
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Overhead projectors: Overhead data projectors
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Scientific calculator: Digital calculators
Desktop computers:
Tablet computers:

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