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Teacher Job Profile
 | Teachers act as facilitators or coaches, using interactive
discussions and hands-on learning to help students learn and
apply concepts in subjects such as science, math or English.
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| Kindergarten and elementary school teachers play a vital
role in the development of children. What children learn and
experience during their early years can shape their views of
themselves and the world, and affect later success or failure
in school, work and their personal lives. |
| Secondary school teachers help students delve more deeply
into subjects introduced in elementary school and expose them
to more information about the world. |
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| Kindergarten, elementary and secondary school teaching
requires a variety of skills and aptitudes, including a talent
for working with children and the ability to create an
effective classroom learning environment. |
| Teachers must also possess excellent organizational,
administrative, problem-solving, conflict-resolving and
record-keeping abilities. |
| Research and communication skills are essential, as is the
power to influence, motivate and train others. |
| Teaching also requires a high level of patience and
creativity. |
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| All 50 states and the District of Columbia require public
school teachers to be licensed, but it is not required for
teachers in private schools. |
| Requirements for regular licenses vary by state. However,
all states require a bachelor’s degree and completion of an
approved training program with a prescribed number of subject
and education credits as well as supervised practice teaching.
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| Overall employment of kindergarten, elementary and
secondary school teachers is expected to increase about as
fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2008.
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| The job market for teachers varies widely by geographic
area and subject specialty. Many inner cities and rural areas
have difficulty attracting enough teachers, so job prospects
should continue to be better in these areas than suburban
districts. |
| With enrollments of minorities and non-English speaking
students increasing, coupled with a shortage of minority
teachers, efforts to recruit minority or bilingual teachers
should intensify. |
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