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Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

Teach academic and social skills to students at the elementary school level.
Related: Kindergarten Teachers  Middle School Teachers  Secondary School Teachers  Special Education Teachers, Elementary School  Tutors 
Industries: Education 

  • Summary

  • Details

    • Work Activities

    • Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
    • Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
    • Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
    • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
    • Assign and grade class work and homework.
    • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
    • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
    • Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or with special academic interests.
    • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
    • Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
    • Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
    • Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
    • Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
    • Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
    • Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
    • Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.
    • Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine student strengths and needs.
    • Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
    • Assign and grade class work and homework.
    • Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
    • Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
    • Read books to entire classes or small groups.
    • Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
    • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
    • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students.
    • Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
    • Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
    • Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
    • Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
    • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
    • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
    • Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
    • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
    • Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
    • Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
    • Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
    • Instruct students individually and in groups, using teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
    • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
    • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
    • Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
    • Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
    • Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
    • Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
    • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
    • Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
    • Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of elementary school programs.
    • Organize and label materials and display students' work.
    • Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.

    Skills

    • Management of Material Resources
      • Managing equipment and materials.
    • Coordination
      • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
    • Instructing
      • Teaching people how to do something.
    • Installation
      • Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
    • Quality Control Analysis
      • Testing how well a product or service works.
    • Active Learning
      • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
    • Negotiation
      • Bringing people together to solve differences.
    • Active Listening
      • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
    • Time Management
      • Managing your time and the time of other people.
    • Social Perceptiveness
      • Understanding people's reactions.
    • Judgment and Decision Making
      • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
    • Management of Financial Resources
      • Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
    • Writing
      • Writing things for co-workers or customers.
    • Systems Analysis
      • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
    • Operations Monitoring
      • Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
    • Service Orientation
      • Looking for ways to help people.
    • Systems Evaluation
      • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
    • Management of Personnel Resources
      • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
    • Equipment Maintenance
      • Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
    • Repairing
      • Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
    • Critical Thinking
      • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
    • Monitoring
      • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
    • Programming
      • Writing computer programs.
    • Science
      • Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
    • Learning Strategies
      • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
    • Persuasion
      • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
    • Technology Design
      • Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
    • Speaking
      • Talking to others.
    • Mathematics
      • Using math to solve problems.
    • Equipment Selection
      • Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
    • Operation and Control
      • Using equipment or systems.
    • Troubleshooting
      • Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
    • Operations Analysis
      • Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
    • Complex Problem Solving
      • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
    • Reading Comprehension
      • Reading work-related information.

    Abilities

    • Selective Attention
      • Paying attention to something without being distracted.
    • Peripheral Vision
      • Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
    • Rate Control
      • Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
    • Arm-Hand Steadiness
      • Keeping your arm or hand steady.
    • Inductive Reasoning
      • Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
    • Mathematical Reasoning
      • Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
    • Auditory Attention
      • Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
    • Spatial Orientation
      • Knowing where things are around you.
    • Reaction Time
      • Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
    • Fluency of Ideas
      • Coming up with lots of ideas.
    • Extent Flexibility
      • Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    • Speech Recognition
      • Recognizing spoken words.
    • Deductive Reasoning
      • Using rules to solve problems.
    • Trunk Strength
      • Using your lower back and stomach.
    • Response Orientation
      • Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
    • Gross Body Equilibrium
      • Keeping your balance or staying upright.
    • Flexibility of Closure
      • Seeing hidden patterns.
    • Information Ordering
      • Ordering or arranging things.
    • Oral Expression
      • Communicating by speaking.
    • Wrist-Finger Speed
      • Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
    • Finger Dexterity
      • Putting together small parts with your fingers.
    • Dynamic Flexibility
      • Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    • Time Sharing
      • Doing two or more things at the same time.
    • Originality
      • Creating new and original ideas.
    • Category Flexibility
      • Grouping things in different ways.
    • Speed of Limb Movement
      • Quickly moving your arms and legs.
    • Stamina
      • Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
    • Written Expression
      • Communicating by writing.
    • Number Facility
      • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
    • Gross Body Coordination
      • Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
    • Glare Sensitivity
      • Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
    • Visualization
      • Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
    • Hearing Sensitivity
      • Telling the difference between sounds.
    • Speed of Closure
      • Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
    • Depth Perception
      • Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
    • Perceptual Speed
      • Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
    • Explosive Strength
      • Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
    • Written Comprehension
      • Reading and understanding what is written.
    • Static Strength
      • Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
    • Sound Localization
      • Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
    • Speech Clarity
      • Speaking clearly.
    • Control Precision
      • Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
    • Multilimb Coordination
      • Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
    • Visual Color Discrimination
      • Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
    • Dynamic Strength
      • Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
    • Memorization
      • Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
    • Manual Dexterity
      • Holding or moving items with your hands.
    • Oral Comprehension
      • Listening and understanding what people say.
    • Problem Sensitivity
      • Noticing when problems happen.
    • Night Vision
      • Seeing at night or under low light.
    • Far Vision
      • Seeing details that are far away.
    • Near Vision
      • Seeing details up close.

    Knowledge

    • Medicine and Dentistry
      • Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
    • Sales and Marketing
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
    • Education and Training
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
    • Telecommunications
      • Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
    • Communications and Media
      • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
    • Mechanical
      • Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
    • Geography
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
    • Mathematics
      • Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
    • Fine Arts
      • Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
    • History and Archeology
      • Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
    • Law and Government
      • Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
    • Transportation
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
    • Administrative
      • Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
    • Sociology and Anthropology
      • Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
    • English Language
      • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
    • Engineering and Technology
      • Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
    • Customer and Personal Service
      • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
    • Foreign Language
      • Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
    • Public Safety and Security
      • Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
    • Personnel and Human Resources
      • Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
    • Building and Construction
      • Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
    • Economics and Accounting
      • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
    • Therapy and Counseling
      • Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
    • Chemistry
      • Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
    • Biology
      • Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
    • Psychology
      • Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
    • Food Production
      • Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
    • Administration and Management
      • Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
    • Computers and Electronics
      • Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
    • Physics
      • Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
    • Production and Processing
      • Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
    • Philosophy and Theology
      • Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
    • Design
      • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

    Education

    Education
    Bachelor's degree
    Work Experience
    No work experience
    Training
    No on-the-job training
    Education and Training Opportunities

    Pay

    Washington Annual Salary
    99110/yr

    Washington Employment Trends

    Currently Employed
    37,380
    Yearly Projected Openings
    3250

    Personality

    Social: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking. They do well at jobs that need:
    • Dependability
    • Integrity
    • Adaptability/Flexibility
    • Concern for Others
    • Persistence
    • Initiative

    Tools

    • Binocular light compound microscopes
    • Board games
    • Building blocks
    • Cassette players or recorders
    • Childrens science kits
    • Compact disk players or recorders
    • Compasses
    • Desktop computers
    • Digital cameras
    • Intercom systems
    • Laboratory balances
    • Laminators
    • Laser printers
    • Notebook computers
    • Overhead projectors
    • Personal computers
    • Photocopiers
    • Pocket calculator
    • Prisms
    • Tactile toys
    • Televisions
    • Video cassette players or recorders

    Technology

    • Cloud-based data access and sharing software
    • Computer based training software
    • Data base user interface and query software
    • Desktop communications software
    • Electronic mail software
    • Graphics or photo imaging software
    • Internet browser software
    • Multi-media educational software
    • Office suite software
    • Presentation software
    • Project management software
    • Spreadsheet software
    • Video conferencing software
    • Video creation and editing software
    • Word processing software

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