Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Overview

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School has a national median salary of $66,270 per year, with -0.4% 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 secondary 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.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
• Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.

Work Activities

• Training and Teaching Others
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Thinking Creatively
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Getting Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Developing Objectives and Strategies

Detailed Work Activities

• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

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, Secondary School:

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