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How to become Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

$65,130 median/yr·Suits people who are strongly social

Median annual wage for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School (25-2032) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.

What you would actually do

The tasks that make up the work of Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School, weighted by how central each one is to the job.

Apply multiple teaching methods.
Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
Monitor student performance.
Develop instructional objectives.
Plan educational activities.
Maintain student records.
Teach others to use technology or equipment.

The skills that actually carry the job

Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.

Instructing4.1/5
Reading Comprehension4.0/5
Active Listening4.0/5
Speaking4.0/5
Writing3.9/5
Critical Thinking3.9/5
Learning Strategies3.9/5
Monitoring3.9/5
Social Perceptiveness3.8/5
Coordination3.8/5

Would this suit you?

Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School — and our free 3-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.

Social7.0/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
Artistic3.6/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Conventional3.5/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
Investigative3.3/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
Realistic2.8/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Enterprising2.7/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk

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Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.