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How to hire career/technical education teachers, postsecondary

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$30.68U.S. median hourly pay
$50,320–$82,360Middle half, yearly
114,110People in this job in the U.S.

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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
• Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
• Determine training needs of students or workers.
• Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction.
• Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
• Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details.
• Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.
• Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.
• Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.

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: Bachelor's degree]
• Strong active listening, learning strategies, active learning, reading comprehension, speaking and critical thinking skills
• Working knowledge of education and training, English Language, mechanical and customer and personal service
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $30.68 an hour ($63,820 a year).
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
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Interview questions for career/technical education 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 administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
  2. Tell me about a time you had to determine training needs of students or workers. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
  3. Tell me about a time you had to develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
  4. Tell me about a time you had to observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
  5. Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
  6. How do you teach yourself a new process, and how would you teach it to someone else?
  7. Tell me about something new you had to learn quickly for work. How did you learn it?
  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 career/technical education teachers, postsecondary do

  • Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
  • Determine training needs of students or workers.
  • Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction.
  • Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
  • Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details.
  • Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.
  • Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.
  • Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.

Skills that matter most

Active ListeningLearning StrategiesActive LearningReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingEducation and TrainingEnglish LanguageMechanicalCustomer and Personal Service

Education, experience and outlook for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary

  • Typical education to start: Bachelor's degree (BLS)
  • Related work experience most have: 4 to 6 years (O*NET)
  • Experience usually needed to start: Less than 5 years (BLS)
  • Job outlook: -0.3% over ten years, little or no change · about 8,000 openings a year (BLS)

What to pay career/technical education teachers, postsecondary

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

StateMedian yearly pay
Wisconsin$82,620
South Carolina$79,610
Massachusetts$78,780
Washington$77,530
Alaska$77,310
Mississippi$50,670
Arkansas$50,120
Kansas$48,790

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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.