Elementary teacher

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Elementary teacher
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Working Conditions

• More than 40 hours per week
• work 10 months
• overtime
• weekends and holidays
• ongoing training
• physical conditions
• physical work

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Education and training requirements

• Bachelors degree
• teaching program
• masters degree
• licensed
• lots of training

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Work tasks

• Duties-teach subjects, but also manners
• duties defined, but the way you teach is up to
  you
• qualities of a teacher
• not repetitive because that is boring for kids

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Amount of salary

• Average salary-37,300
• paid monthly
• increases in pay depends on how long you have
  been working
• insurance included
• join unions
• wont be paid overtime

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Prospects for employment

• Demands are good
• jobs will also depend on whether there are lots
  of retired people
• jobs very stable

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Description of work setting

• Indoors and outdoors
• no office, but classroom
• location will be good for health
• arrangements and physical conditions will be up
  to teachers

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Junior college, university, or special training
school-location

• Dont need to move away for college
• two schools that would prepare me for this job
  are Chico State and Fresno State

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Cost

• Paying per course
• pay a lump sum
• cost of room and board 4,632
• live at home

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Aid

• Scholarships available
• work-study programs
• student-loan programs
• students jobs on campus
• jobs in the surrounding areas

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Training

• Training programs
• lots of experience
• school reputation is good

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Social and academic environment

• School settings
• coeducational
• lots of bicycle riders