Self-Enrichment Teachers

What the job really is

Teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.

At a glance

• Sector: Education & Library
• O*NET-SOC code: 25-3021
• O*NET job zone: 3 — medium preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests, and issue grades in accordance with performance.
• Monitor students' performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Prepare instructional program objectives, outlines, and lesson plans.
• Confer with other teachers and professionals to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning and development.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Enforce policies and rules governing students.

Tools and technology

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Hypertext markup language HTML, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, 35 millimeter cameras, Acoustic guitars, Adobe Dreamweaver, Audio tape recorders or players

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Tutors
• Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
• Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
• Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 3 (medium preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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