Overview
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
On the job, you would:
- Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
Education
- certificate after master's
- master's degree
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $70,050
Annual median $103,460
Annual 90th percentile $163,010
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Business
- management
- human resources (HR)
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Safety and Government
- law and government
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Personality
Social
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Self Control
- Concern for Others
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem