Skip navigation

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Also called: Teacher, Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher), Instructor, Technology Education Teacher

What they do:
Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects at the secondary school level in public or private schools.
On the job, you would:
  • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  • Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
  • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.

Knowledge

Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
  • management
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Skills

Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
  • teaching people how to do something
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions

Abilities

Verbal
  • communicate by writing
  • read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • group things in different ways
Attention
  • pay attention to something without being distracted
  • do two or more things at the same time
Memory
  • remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Concern for Others
  • Self Control
  • Initiative
  • Leadership

Technology

Examples of the technology used in this career will be available soon.

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
some college
usually needed

Get started on your career:

Find Training Find Certifications

Job Outlook

Below Average Outlook
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
Salary
$54,660
per year, on average
Check out my state Local Salary Info Find Jobs

Explore More

See more details at O*NET OnLine about career/technical education teachers, secondary school.