Description
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.
- • Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
- • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
- • Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
- • 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, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
- • Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
- • Assign and grade class work and homework.
- • 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.
- • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
- • Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- • Plan and supervise work-experience programs in businesses, industrial shops, and school laboratories.
- • Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- • Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
- • Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
- • Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.
- • Select, order, store, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
- • Keep informed about trends in education and subject matter specialties.
- • Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
- • Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
- • Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
- • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
- • Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
- • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
- • Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
- • Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.
- • Place students in jobs, or make referrals to job placement services.
- • Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
- • Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
- • Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
- • Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
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O*NET occupational data (work activities, skills, knowledge).
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
