Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

Overview

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School has a national median salary of $65,030 per year, with -0.5% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Work Values

• Relationships
• Achievement
• Independence

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

Work Activities

• Training and Teaching Others
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Thinking Creatively
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Getting Information
• Working with Computers
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Providing Consultation and Advice to Others

Detailed Work Activities

• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School:

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