Elementary School Teachers

Teach academic and social skills to students at the elementary school level.

On the job, you would:

• Instruct students individually and in groups, using teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students.
• Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or with special academic interests.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• master's degree

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Education and Training

• teaching and course design

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
• psychology

Business

• customer service

Basic Skills

• using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things
• talking to others

Social

• teaching people how to do something
• understanding people's reactions

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

• Dependability
• Integrity
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Concern for Others
• Persistence
• Initiative

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
• notice when problems happen

Attention

• pay attention to something without being distracted
• do two or more things at the same time