Example Career: Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

Career Description

Teach or instruct courses other than those that normally lead to an occupational objective or degree. Courses may include self-improvement, nonvocational, and nonacademic subjects. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution.

What Job Titles Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Might Have

• Ballet Teacher
• Dance Instructor
• Martial Arts Instructor
• Piano Teacher

What Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Do

• 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.
• Enforce policies and rules governing students.
• Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
• Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations, and provide individual instruction to teach topics and skills, such as cooking, dancing, writing, physical fitness, photography, personal finance, and flying.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Prepare instructional program objectives, outlines, and lesson plans.
• Review instructional content, methods, and student evaluations to assess strengths and weaknesses, and to develop recommendations for course revision, development, or elimination.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Attend professional meetings, conferences, and workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
• Schedule class times to ensure maximum attendance.
• Assign and grade class work and homework.
• Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests, and issue grades in accordance with performance.
• Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine their priorities for their children.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Select, order, and issue books, materials, and supplies for courses or projects.
• Participate in publicity planning and student recruitment.
• Confer with other teachers and professionals to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning and development.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, contests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
• Meet with other instructors to discuss individual students and their progress.
• Observe and evaluate the performance of other instructors.
• Write instructional articles on designated subjects.

What Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Should Be Good At

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

What Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Should Be Interested In

• Social - Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
• Artistic - Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

What Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Need to Learn

• 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.
• 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.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• 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.