Teachers

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Teachers

• By A.E Phillips
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Nature of the work

• Teachers act as facilitators or coaches, using
  interactive discussions and hands-on approaches
  to help students learn and apply concepts in
  subjects such as science, mathematics, or
  English. They utilize props or manipulative
  to help children understand abstract concepts,
  solve problems, and develop critical thought
  processes.
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Working condition

• Seeing students develop new skills and gain an
  appreciation of knowledge and learning can be
  very rewarding. However, teaching may be
  frustrating when one is dealing with unmotivated
  or disrespectful students. Occasionally, teachers
  must cope with unruly behavior and violence in
  the schools
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Training and other qualifications and advancement

• All 50 States and the District of Columbia
  require public school teachers to be licensed.
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Training and other qualifications and advancement
Continued

• all States require general education teachers to
  have a bachelors degree and to have completed an
  approved teacher training program with a
  prescribed number of subject and education
  credits, as well as supervised practice teaching.
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Employment

• Preschool, kindergarten and primary teachers held
  position about 3.8 million.
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Job outlook

• Job opportunities for teachers over the next 10
  years will vary from good to excellent, depending
  on the locality, grade level, and subject taught.
  
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Job outlook continued

• Through 2014, overall student enrollments in
  elementary, middle, and secondary schools a key
  factor in the demand for teachers are expected to
  rise more slowly than in the past as children of
  the baby boom generation leave the school system.
  This will cause employment to grow as fast as the
  average for teachers from kindergarten through
  the secondary grades.
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earning

• Median annual earnings of kindergarten,
  elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers
  ranged from 41,400 to 45,920 in May 2004 the
  lowest 10 percent earned 26,730 to 31,180 the
  top 10 percent earned 66,240 to 71,370. Median
  earnings for preschool teachers were 20,980.
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Earnings Continued

• Teachers can boost their salary in a number of
  ways. In some schools, teachers receive extra pay
  for coaching sports and working with students in
  extracurricular activities. Getting a masters
  degree or national certification often results in
  a raise in pay, as does acting as a mentor. Some
  teachers earn extra income during the summer by
  teaching summer school or performing other jobs
  in the school system.
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References

• TeachersPreschool, Kindergarten, Elementary,
  Middle, and Secondary." ooh. august 4 2006. us
  department of labor. 26 Sep 2006
  lthttp//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos069.htmgt.

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