secondary school teacher
Secondary school teachers provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually specialist subject teachers, who instruct in their own field of study. They prepare lesson plans and materials, monitor the students' progress, assist individually when necessary and evaluate their knowledge and performance through assignments, tests and examinations.
Also called: home economics teacher, secondary school schoolteacher, maths teacher, religious education teacher, science teacher, secondary school educator, academy school teacher, academy teacher
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- essential skills
- 66
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- modern languages teacher secondary schoolWhat changes?26 skills in common
- ICT teacher secondary schoolWhat changes?25 skills in common
- business studies and economics teacher secondary school24 skills in common
- chemistry teacher secondary school24 skills in common
- history teacher secondary school24 skills in common
- physical education teacher secondary school24 skills in common
- religious education teacher at secondary school24 skills in common
- science teacher secondary school24 skills in common
Essential skills
30- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assign homework
- assist students in their learning
- compile course material
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- demonstrate when teaching
- develop course outline
- facilitate teamwork between students
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- instructional strategies
- learning difficulties
- liaise with educational staff
- liaise with educational support staff
- maintain students' discipline
- manage student relationships
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- monitor educational developments
- monitor student's behaviour
- pedagogy
- perform classroom management
- post-secondary school procedures
- prepare lesson content
- provide learning support
- provide lesson materials
- secondary school procedures
Optional skills
66- adolescent socialisation behaviour
- arrange parent teacher meeting
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- assist students with equipment
- biological chemistry
- biology
- chemistry
- classical languages
- computer science
- consult student's support system
- develop digital educational materials
- e-learning
- ecology
- economics
- escort students on a field trip
- ethics
- geography
- history
- identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas
- identify learning disorders
- identify talent
- instruct in sport
- keep records of attendance
- language teaching methods
- linguistics
- literary theory
- literature
- manage resources for educational purposes
- mathematics
- modern languages
- monitor children's physical development
- music literature
- musical instruments
- oversee extra-curricular activities
- perform playground surveillance
- philosophy
- prepare youths for adulthood
- pronunciation techniques
- provide health education
- recognise indicators of gifted student
- rhetoric
- sociology
- sport games rules
- statistics
- supervise spoken language learning
- teach arts principles
- teach astronomy
- teach biology
- teach business principles
- teach chemistry
- teach computer science
- teach digital literacy
- teach economic principles
- teach geography
- teach history
- teach languages
- teach mathematics
- teach music principles
- teach philosophy
- teach physics
- teach principles of literature
- teach religious studies class
- use IT tools
- use pedagogic strategies for creativity
- work with virtual learning environments
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