Educational and career planning

1. Advancement:Experienced teachers can advance to serve as mentors to new teachers with additional education or certification, teachers may become: -school counselors -school librarian -instructional coordinators

2. kindergarten and elementary school teachers quick facts: -Entry level education: Bachelor's degree. -on the job training: none.

3. Guidelines

3.1. Median pay:55,490

3.2. Number of jobs:1565300

3.3. Job outlooks:0.07

3.4. Employment change:116300

4. EDUCATION is the most POWERFUL WEAPON which you can use to CHANGE the WORLD - Nelson Mandela

5. state and area data: oes: occupational employment statistics program produces employment and wage estimates*elementary school teacher: -state: Illinois -employment: 60,960 - employment per thousand jobs: 10.33- location quotient: 1.04 -annual mean wage 60,760 DOES NOT INCLUDE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

6. Melissa Ferris, -what is required for success in this position? having a love for teaching coming to work and knowing that this is what you love to do. passion and drive -most challenging task in the education field? getting all of your students engaged and making them have a love for learning . -3 positive qualities every teacher should have? passion commitment and quality to be able to form a relationship with students. -before pursuing this career you should know? it comes with challenges, know what you're walking into, classroom management and, knowing you have students who are going to be great and students who need help to get there -what's the best part? knowing that there's students that you're helping making a difference what is required for success in this position? having a love for teaching coming to work and knowing that this is what you love to do. passion and drive -most challenging task in the education field? getting all of your students engaged and making them have a love for learning .

7. summary: Early education teachers either work in a private or public environment. Generally work during kids school hours but, they also use nights and weekends to prepare lesson plans or grade papers. Most kindergarten teachers actually have summer off like students. Elementary teachers usually teach courses of all basic subjects including: math, science, art, reading and, English. Kindergarten teachers usually have their bachelors degree or certain certifications depending on the field and hours.

8. important qualities to have: communication skills patience physical stamina resourcefulness

9. similar occupations: Librarian High school teacher Instructional coordinator Special education teacher Teacher assistant

10. what type of employee does the district look to hire? - someone who's positive open minded when looking for potential teachers he's not really worried about theirs skills even if its important he says you can learn different skills all the time but, what's really important is to be a people person and a relationship builder. The most challenging task/responsibility in the education field? - one of the most challenging thing is probably working with large groups of people and having them believe in the vision you have for your school. Having them all get on the same page and move the same direction whether you're an administrator or classroom teacher you have to have a strong vision to get them on board and excited. - what should every employee be prepared for? every employee that works for education has to be ready for change. You have to be willing to go where society takes you UPGRADE YOUR PRACTICE IN EDUCATION FOR THE BETTER as the world changes we should too.

10.1. Dr. Jeffry Pricket Principal -Mchenry Community High school district 156

11. Summer classes: (3) spe 151 intro to speech Fall classes: (3) Eng. 152 comp II (3) Eng. 277 intro to children's lit (3) psy 251 child psychology (3) mat 120 gen. ed. statistics summer: eas 120 intro. meteorology