Teacher


 * Alex Martin**


 * Career Title:** High school teacher.


 * Career Description:**
 * Motivate students to learn with creative lesson plans
 * Adapt teaching methods to students’ needs
 * Prepare and grade tests and assignments
 * May coach sports, supervise clubs, or take students on field trips
 * Monitor students’ behavior and discipline those who act up

  
 * Skills needed:**
 * Passionate about your teaching subject
 * Enjoy teaching teenagers
 * Patient
 * Assertive
 * Communication skills
 * Education: **
 * A bachelor’s degree or training and experience in a technical field
 * Completion of a teacher education program
 * A license to teach in your state
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Private school teachers may not need a license
 * Salary Outlook: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">$35,000 to $81,000 a year
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The median is around $51,000 a year
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Public school teachers tend to earn more than private school teachers
 * Job Outlook: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Employment is projected to grow __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #663366; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">[|about as fast as the average] __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> for all occupations. Job prospects are best for teachers in high-demand fields, such as mathematics, science, and bilingual education, and in less desirable urban or rural school districts.

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