How to hire anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary

Job description template

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[Job title] at [Company name]
[City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range]

About the role
[Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.]

What you will do
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as research methods, urban anthropology, and language and culture.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Supervise students' laboratory or field work.

What you bring
• [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any]
• [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Doctoral or professional degree]
• Strong speaking, reading comprehension, writing, active listening, learning strategies and active learning skills
• Working knowledge of sociology and anthropology, history and archeology, English Language and education and training
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $99,650 a year.
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
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Interview questions for anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary

Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.

1. Tell me about a time you had to advise students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
2. Tell me about a time you had to conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
3. Tell me about a time you had to evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
4. Tell me about a time you had to initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
5. Explain something technical from your last job as you would to a new coworker.
6. Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
7. Describe something important you wrote at work, such as a report, notes or an email. Who read it and what happened next?
8. Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?

Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.

What anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary do

• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as research methods, urban anthropology, and language and culture.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Supervise students' laboratory or field work.

Skills that matter most

SpeakingReading ComprehensionWritingActive ListeningLearning StrategiesActive LearningSociology and AnthropologyHistory and ArcheologyEnglish LanguageEducation and Training

Education, experience and outlook for anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary

• Typical education to start: Doctoral or professional degree (BLS)
• Related work experience most have: 1 to 2 years (O*NET)
• Job outlook: +2.6% over ten years, about as fast as average · about 400 openings a year (BLS)

What to pay anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary

Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:

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Job duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.