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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School - 25-2032.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Agricultural Education Teacher
  • Allied Health Teacher
  • Business Education Teacher
  • Cosmetology Teacher
  • Drafting Instructor
  • Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher)
  • Instructor
  • Teacher
  • Technology Education Teacher
  • Vocational Teacher

SOC Occupation Groups

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Tasks

  • Assign and grade class work and homework.
  • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
  • Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
  • Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.
  • Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
  • Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
  • Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
  • 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 special academic interests.
  • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
  • Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.
  • Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
  • Keep informed about trends in education and subject matter specialties.
  • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
  • Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
  • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
  • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
  • Place students in jobs or make referrals to job placement services.
  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
  • Plan and supervise work-experience programs in businesses, industrial shops, and school laboratories.
  • Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
  • Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
  • Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
  • Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
  • Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
  • Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
  • Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
  • Select, order, store, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
  • Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
  • Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
  • Advise students on academic or career matters.
  • Apply multiple teaching methods.
  • Assign class work to students.
  • Assist students with special educational needs.
  • Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
  • Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
  • Coordinate student extracurricular activities.
  • Create technology-based learning materials.
  • Develop instructional objectives.
  • Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
  • Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
  • Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
  • Distribute instructional or library materials.
  • Encourage students.
  • Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
  • Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Maintain student records.
  • Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
  • Monitor student performance.
  • Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
  • Perform student enrollment or registration activities.
  • Plan educational activities.
  • Plan experiential learning activities.
  • Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
  • Prepare tests.
  • Select educational materials or equipment.
  • Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
  • Set up classroom materials or equipment.
  • Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.
  • Supervise school or student activities.
  • Supervise student research or internship work.
  • Teach others to use technology or equipment.
  • Teach vocational courses.

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • 2M Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Academy Military Training NCO (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace and Operational Physiology (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace and Operational Physiology Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace and Operational Physiology Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace and Operational Physiology Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace and Operational Physiology Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace and Operational Physiology Manager (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace and Operational Physiology Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiologist (Navy - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Aerospace Physiology (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiology Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiology Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiology Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiology Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiology Manager (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiology Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Physiology Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Aircraft Intermediate Level Hydraulic/Pneumatic Mechanic (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Aircraft Maintenance (Fixed-Wing) (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Aircraft Maintenance (Rotary-Wing) (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Antiterrorism (AT) Training Supervisor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • AV-8B Air Combat Tactics Instructor (ACTI) Qualification (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • AV-8B Weapons Training Officer (WTO) Qualification (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Aviation Machinist's Mate (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Aviation Maintenance Technician (Coast Guard - Enlisted)
  • Aviation Structural Mechanic (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Aviation Water Survival Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Basic Swimming and Water Survival Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Command Fitness Leader (CFL) (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Communications Training Instructor (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Communications Training Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Crew Served Weapons (CSW) Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Drill Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • EA-6B Defensive Tactics Instructor (DEFTACTI) Qualification (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Education And Training (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Education And Training Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Education And Training Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Education And Training Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Education and Training Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Education And Training Manager (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Education And Training Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Enlisted Aircrew/Aerial Observer/Gunner (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Enlisted Professional Military Education Instructional System Designer (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Expeditionary Security Force Advisor (SFA)/Trainer (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Field Artillery Operations Man (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, AV-8/TAV-8 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, EA-6 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, F-35 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, F/A-18 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, KC-130 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic-Trainee (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Flight Engineer, KC-130 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Loadmaster, KC-130 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic, AV-8/TAV-8 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic, EA-6 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic, F-35 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic, F/A-18 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic, KC-130 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Power Plants Mechanic, F-402 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Power Plants Mechanic, F-404 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Power Plants Mechanic, J-52 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Power Plants Mechanic, T-56 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Safety Equipment Mechanic, AV-8/TAV-8 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Safety Equipment Mechanic, EA-6 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Safety Equipment Mechanic, F-35 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Safety Equipment Mechanic, F/A-18 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Safety Equipment Mechanic, KC-130/V-22 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Aircraft Safety Equipment Mechanic-Trainee (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Fixed-Wing Transport Aircraft Specialist, C-20 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Flight Instructor, Training Planes (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Flight Instructor-NFO, Fleet Operational Aircraft (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Flight Instructor-Pilot, Fleet Operational Aircraft (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Force Fitness Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Formal School Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Formal School Instructor-Pilot/Naval Flight Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Formal School Officer Instructor-Fixed Wing Pilot (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Formal School Officer Instructor-Helicopter Pilot (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Formal School Officer Instructor-Naval Flight Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Forward Air Controller (Airborne) Instructor (FAC(A)I) Qualification (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Ground School Instructor (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Harbor Security Boat Training Supervisor (HSB TRASUP) (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Airframe Mechanic, CH-53 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Airframe Mechanic, UH/AH-1 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Crew Chief, CH-53 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Crew Chief, UH-1 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Mechanic, CH-53 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Mechanic, UH/AH-1 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Power Plants Mechanic, T-400/T-700 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Power Plants Mechanic, T-58 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter Power Plants Mechanic, T-64 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter/Tiltrotor Dynamic Components Mechanic (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Helicopter/Tiltrotor Mechanic-Trainee (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Indoctrination Training Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Infantry Squad Leader (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Instructor, Academic (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Instructor, General (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Instructor, Naval Science (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Instructor, Officer Training School (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Instructor, Technical (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Intelligence Tactics Instructor (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Intelligence Tactics Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Joint Terminal Attack Controller Instructor (JTAC-I) (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Language Program Manager (Navy - Enlisted)
  • LCS-1 (Freedom Variant) Gunner's Mate (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Enhancement Training Instructor (LETI) (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Enhancement Training Instructor (LETI) (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Marine Combat Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Marine Division Tactics Instructor (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Marksmanship Coach (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Marksmanship Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Martial Arts Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Military Training Instructor (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Naval Flight Officer Instructor, Training Planes (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Naval Security Forces Trainer/Planner (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Navy Primary Prevention (PP) and Human Factors Process (HFP) Advanced Professional Development Train the Trainer Certification (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Night Systems Instructor (NSI) Enlisted Aircrew (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Night Systems Instructor (NSI) Qualification (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Nuclear Weapons Instructor (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Operations and Tactics Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Operations Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Physical Training Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Professional Development Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Professional Military Education Instructor (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Professor of Naval Science (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Recruit Division Commander (RDC)/Recruit Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Small Arms Weapons Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Special Forces Communications Sergeant (Army - Enlisted)
  • Special Forces Engineer Sergeant (Army - Enlisted)
  • Special Forces Weapons Sergeant (Army - Enlisted)
  • Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Summer Mountain Leader (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Summer Mountain Leader (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Summer/Winter Mountain Leader (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Summer/Winter Mountain Leader (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Tiltrotor Airframe Mechanic, MV-22 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Tiltrotor Crew Chief, MV-22 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Tiltrotor Mechanic, MV-22 (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Trainer Combat Systems Officer (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Combat Systems Officer, General (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Combat Systems Officer, Instructor, Undergraduate CSO Training (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Combat Systems Officer, Other (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Combat Systems Officer, SUNT, EWO (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Combat Systems Officer, SUNT, Navigator General (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Combat Systems Officer, SUNT, WSO (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot, General (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot, Other (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot, SUPT-H (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot, T-1 (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot, T-38 (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot, T-44/TC-12 (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Trainer Pilot, T-6 (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
  • USMA, Professor of Army War College (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
  • USMA, Professor of Military Art and Science (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
  • VH-60N Presidential Helicopter Crew Chief (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • VH-92 Presidential Helicopter Crew Chief (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) Level IV (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Water Safety/Survival Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Weapons and Tactics Crew Chief Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Intelligence Marine (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Intelligence Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) METOC (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) METOC (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Unmanned Aircraft Systems Officers (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor - Air Command and Control (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor - Air Command and Control (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor - Air Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor Aviation Command and Control (AC2) Maintenance Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • Weapons and Tactics Instructor-Aviation Command and Control (AC2) Maintenance Chief (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Winter Mountain Leader (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Winter Mountain Leader (Marine Corps - Enlisted)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

  • Agriculture Education Instructor

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Teacher, Industrial Arts