What You'll Do

  • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
  • Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations, and provide individual instruction to teach topics and skills, such as cooking, dancing, writing, physical fitness, photography, personal finance, and flying.
  • Monitor students' performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.
  • Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
  • Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
  • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
  • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
  • Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
  • Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
  • Enforce policies and rules governing students.

Essential Skills

Speaking 3.62/5
Active Listening 3.38/5
Learning Strategies 3.38/5
Instructing 3.38/5
Reading Comprehension 3.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.12/5
Active Learning 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.12/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.12/5
Writing 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5
Service Orientation 3.0/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Artist: Creating original work and expressing ideas feels natural.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.

Common styles

Social Orientation, Optimism, Cooperation, Empathy, Dependability

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Expression 4.0/5
Oral Comprehension 3.88/5
Speech Clarity 3.62/5
Speech Recognition 3.25/5
Written Comprehension 3.12/5
Written Expression 3.12/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.12/5
Information Ordering 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Adobe Acrobat Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Photoshop Blackboard software Corel Paint Shop Pro Educational software Email software Google Classroom Hypertext markup language HTML Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Office software Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Windows Movie Maker Microsoft Word Nearpod Schoology Video editing software Web browser software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Social Orientation (High importance: 4.54/5)
  • Optimism (High importance: 4.51/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.51/5)
  • Empathy (High importance: 4.45/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.37/5)

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How to Become One

This career typically requires vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some specialized training or certification may also be required.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

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