Employment Percentage
10.43610236
SOC Title
Postsecondary Teachers
Ed Level Masters
34.759998
Ed Level Doctors
65.230003
Typical Ed Level
a Doctoral degree or more
Career Description
Teach courses in social work. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Core Tasks
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, or handouts.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as family behavior, child and adolescent mental health, or social intervention evaluation.
- Supervise students' laboratory and field work.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Collaborate with colleagues and community agencies to address teaching and research issues.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks or laboratory equipment.
- Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- Mentor new faculty members.
- Participate in campus and community events.
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
Start Annual Earnings
55963.74
Top Annual Earnings
199654.62
EMSI Career Title Slug
social-work-teacher-postsecondary