Education, Training

Pathway 1: Administration and Administrative Support

Smooth operation of any education or training institution requires competent administration. Administrators provide direction, leadership, and day-to-day management of educational activities, as well as job training, in schools, preschools, daycare centers, colleges, universities, business and industries, correctional institutions, museums, and community service organizations.

Sample Occupations

• Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary

• Education Administrators, Postsecondary

• Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare

• Fitness and Wellness Coordinators

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary

Pathway 2: Professional Support Services

The Professional Support Services pathway represents a variety of highly specialized occupations that are critical to our education and training systems. Counselors, psychologists, social workers, speech-language pathologists, and audiologists assist people with personal and family needs, mental health assistance, educational goals, and career decision making.

Sample Occupations

• Archivists

• Curators

• Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

• Instructional Coordinators

• Interpreters and Translators

• Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

• Library Technicians

• Museum Technicians and Conservators

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Archivists

Pathway 3: Teaching/Training

In addition to being knowledgeable in their subject, teachers and trainers must have the ability to communicate, inspire trust and confidence, motivate learners, as well as understand their educational and emotional needs. Teachers must be able to recognize and respond to individual differences in diverse learners and employ different teaching/training methods that will result in higher learner achievement.

Sample Occupations

• Adapted Physical Education Specialists

• Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

• Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

• Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary

• Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary

• Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

• Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Business Teachers, Postsecondary

• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary

• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

• Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary

• Coaches and Scouts

• Communications Teachers, Postsecondary

• Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

• Economics Teachers, Postsecondary

• Education Teachers, Postsecondary

• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

• Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

• English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

• Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

• Farm and Home Management Educators

• Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

• Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Geography Teachers, Postsecondary

• Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

• History Teachers, Postsecondary

• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

• Law Teachers, Postsecondary

• Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

• Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

• Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary

• Physics Teachers, Postsecondary

• Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary

• Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

• Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

• Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

• Self-Enrichment Teachers

• Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary

• Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary

• Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

• Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

• Special Education Teachers, Middle School

• Special Education Teachers, Preschool

• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

• Substitute Teachers, Short-Term

• Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

• Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education

• Teaching Assistants, Special Education

• Tutors