Teacher (Business)

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Work Tasks

• Teach business skills like typing, word processing, and bookkeeping
• Lecture and do hands-on work with students
• Make lessons, assign work, give tests, and grade papers
• Maintain classroom discipline and go to staff meetings
• Work for private and public schools, business schools, community colleges, businesses that train their workers, job training centers, and vocational schools
• Work with textbooks, workbooks, student records, grades, reference books, tests, assignments, lesson plans, calculators, computers, and other business machines

Salary, Size & Growth

• $54,500 average per year ($26.25 per hour)
• A very large occupation (1,053,100 workers in 2010)
• Expected to grow moderately (0.9% per year)

Education/Training

• Minimum for Entry: A 4-year degree from a school with an approved teacher training program, plus a period of student teaching
• Employers Prefer: A master's degree in business education
• Skills/Courses: Skills include teaching experience.
• Certification/Licensing: Business teachers must be certified.