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Secondary Education Teaching Professionals

Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals plan, organise and provide instruction in one or more subjects, including physical education and diversionary activities, within a prescribed curriculum in a secondary or secondary/ middle school.

Average Salary

£38,220

New workers start around £20,042. Normal pay is £38,220 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £53,158.

Jobs

346,470

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.

  • Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.

  • Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.

  • Undertakes pastoral duties.

  • Supervises any practical work and maintains classroom discipline.

  • Maintains records of students.

  • Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.

  • Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students.

  • Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches one or more subjects.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Classroom Management

  • Science Education

  • Mathematics Education

  • Child Protection

  • National Curriculum

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Teaching

  • Enthusiasm

  • Management

  • Basic Math

  • Communications

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People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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