Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

What the job really is

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

At a glance

• Sector: Education & Library
• O*NET-SOC code: 25-2023
• O*NET job zone: 4 — considerable preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
• Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
• Assign and grade class work and homework.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
• Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.

Tools and technology

Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2, Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Web Services AWS software, Ansible software, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, Apache Tomcat, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, Bash

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
• Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Instructional Coordinators
• Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 4 (considerable preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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