Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021.00
Teach pupils in public or private schools at the elementary level basic academic, social, and other formative skills.

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012.00
Teach elemental natural and social science, personal hygiene, music, art, and literature to children from 4 to 6 years old. Promote physical, mental, and social development. May be required to hold State certification.

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education 25-2022.00
Teach students in public or private schools in one or more subjects at the middle, intermediate, or junior high level, which falls between elementary and senior high school as defined by applicable State laws and regulations.

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011.00
Instruct children (normally up to 5 years of age) in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care center, or other child development facility. May be required to hold State certification.

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education 25-2031.00
Instruct students in secondary public or private schools in one or more subjects at the secondary level, such as English, mathematics, or social studies. May be designated according to subject matter specialty, such as typing instructors, commercial teachers, or English teachers.

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Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-2042.00
Teach middle school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.

Special Education Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School 25-2041.00
Teach elementary and preschool school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2043.00
Teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.

Vocational Education Teachers, Middle School 25-2023.00
Teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects at the middle school level.

Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032.00
Teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects at the secondary school level.

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Librarians, Curators, and Archivists

Archivists 25-4011.00
Appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents. Participate in research activities based on archival materials.

Curators 25-4012.00
Administer affairs of museum and conduct research programs. Direct instructional, research, and public service activities of institution.

Librarians 25-4021.00
Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, schools, colleges and universities, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.

Library Technicians 25-4031.00
Assist librarians by helping readers in the use of library catalogs, databases, and indexes to locate books and other materials; and by answering questions that require only brief consultation of standard reference. Compile records; sort and shelve books; remove or repair damaged books; register patrons; check materials in and out of the circulation process. Replace materials in shelving area (stacks) or files. Includes bookmobile drivers who operate bookmobiles or light trucks that pull trailers to specific locations on a predetermined schedule and assist with providing services in mobile libraries.

Museum Technicians and Conservators 25-4013.00
Prepare specimens, such as fossils, skeletal parts, lace, and textiles, for museum collection and exhibits. May restore documents or install, arrange, and exhibit materials.

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Other Education and Library Specialties

Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, and GED Teachers and Instructors 25-3011.00
Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in remedial education classes, preparatory classes for the General Educational Development test, literacy, or English as a Second Language. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution.

Audio-Visual Collections Specialists 25-9011.00
Prepare, plan, and operate audio-visual teaching aids for use in education. May record, catalogue, and file audio-visual materials.

Education, Training, and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099.99
All education, training, and library workers not listed separately.

Farm and Home Management Advisors 25-9021.00
Advise, instruct, and assist individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home economics activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to solve problems; instruct and train in product development, sales, and the utilization of machinery and equipment to promote general welfare. Includes county agricultural agents, feed and farm management advisers, home economists, and extension service advisors.

Instructional Coordinators 25-9031.00
Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology in specialized fields that provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses.

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 25-3021.00
Teach or instruct courses other than those that normally lead to an occupational objective or degree. Courses may include self-improvement, nonvocational, and nonacademic subjects. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution.

Teacher Assistants 25-9041.00
Perform duties that are instructional in nature or deliver direct services to students or parents. Serve in a position for which a teacher or another professional has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.

Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-3099.99
All teachers and instructors not listed separately.

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Postsecondary Teachers

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1041.00
Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation.

Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1061.00
Teach courses in anthropology or archeology.

Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1031.00
Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture.

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1062.00
Teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area (e.g., Latin America), an ethnic group, or any other group (e.g., women's studies, urban affairs).

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1121.00
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts.

Postsecondary Teachers, Continued

Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1051.00
Teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics.

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1042.00
Teach courses in biological sciences.

Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011.00
Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor relations, marketing, and operations research.

Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1052.00
Teach courses pertaining to the chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances. Work may include instruction in the methods of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1122.00
Teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism.

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Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1021.00
Teach courses in computer science. May specialize in a field of computer science, such as the design and function of computers or operations and research analysis.

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1111.00
Teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration.

Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1063.00
Teach courses in economics.

Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1081.00
Teach courses pertaining to education, such as counseling, curriculum, guidance, instruction, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language.

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1032.00
Teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects, such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

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English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1123.00
Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature.

Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1053.00
Teach courses in environmental science.

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1124.00
Teach courses in foreign (i.e., other than English) languages and literature.

Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1043.00
Teach courses in environmental and conservation science.

Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1064.00
Teach courses in geography.

Postsecondary Teachers, Continued

Graduate Teaching Assistants 25-1191.00
Assist department chairperson, faculty members, or other professional staff members in college or university by performing teaching or teaching-related duties, such as teaching lower level courses, developing teaching materials, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers. Graduate assistants must be enrolled in a graduate school program. Graduate assistants who primarily perform non-teaching duties, such as laboratory research, should be reported in the occupational category related to the work performed.

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071.00
Teach courses in health specialties, such as veterinary medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, therapy, laboratory technology, and public health.

History Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1125.00
Teach courses in human history and historiography.

Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1192.00
Teach courses in child care, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects as pertaining to home management.

Law Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1112.00
Teach courses in law.

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Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1082.00
Teach courses in library science.

Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1022.00
Teach courses pertaining to mathematical concepts, statistics, and actuarial science and to the application of original and standardized mathematical techniques in solving specific problems and situations.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1072.00
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1126.00
Teach courses in philosophy, religion, and theology.

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1054.00
Teach courses pertaining to the laws of matter and energy. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Postsecondary Teachers, Continued

Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1065.00
Teach courses in political science, international affairs, and international relations.

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199.99
All postsecondary teachers not listed separately.

Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1066.00
Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling.

Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1193.00
Teach courses pertaining to recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, including exercise physiology and facilities management.

Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other 25-1069.99
All postsecondary social sciences teachers not listed separately.

Postsecondary Teachers, Continued

Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1113.00
Teach courses in social work.

Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1067.00
Teach courses in sociology.

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194.00
Teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects at the postsecondary level (but at less than the baccalaureate) to students who have graduated or left high school. Includes correspondence school instructors; industrial, commercial and government training instructors; and adult education teachers and instructors who prepare persons to operate industrial machinery and equipment and transportation and communications equipment. Teaching may take place in public or private schools whose primary business is education or in a school associated with an organization whose primary business is other than education.

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