2. • Plan lessons
• Assess students
• Teach in big or small groups
• Grade assignments
• Communicate with parents
• Work with individual students
• Prepare students
• Develop and enforce classroom-for example, at
lunchtime or during recess.
3. • School teachers work in public and private schools.
• Most states have tenure laws
• Kindergarten and elementary school teachers held
about 1.7 million jobs in 2010.
• Seeing students develop new skills can be rewarding
• Kindergarten and elementary school teachers generally
work school hours when students are present.
• Many teachers work the traditional 10-month school
year, with a 2-month break during the summer.
4. • The freedom of their own teaching styles
• Seeing students develop new skills
• Working with children
• Working 9-10 months a year
• The variety of work
• Work that is valuable for the future of society
• The chance to be creative
• Able to travel or transfer
5. • Teaching large classes
• Heavy workloads
• Standing for long hours
• Dealing with unmotivated and disrespectful
students
• The stress sometimes associated with working
closely with students
• Long hours outside classroom
• Coping with unruly behavior and violence
• Isolation from their colleagues
6. National Iowa
Starting salary Per yr: $40,000 Per yr: $39,627
Per hr: $19.25 Per hr: $19.00
Average salary Per yr: $55,500 Per yr: $54,879
Per hr: $26.75 Per hr: $26.50
Salary with experience Per yr: $65,000 Per yr: $64,227
Per hr: $31.25 Per hr: $30.75
7. • Bachelor’s degree in teaching.
• complete an approved teacher-training
• Many school districts around the U.S. now
accept bachelor’s degrees in other majors.
• Some states require teachers to earn a
master’s degree
• All states require public school teachers to be
licensed.
