What Do Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 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. They also instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.

Other tasks include:

• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests.
• Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.
• Monitor students’ performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.
• Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests, and issue grades in accordance with performance.

We asked Self-Enrichment Education Teachers how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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78% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 78% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Self-Enrichment Education Teachers plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. They observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.

A typical day for a Self-Enrichment Education Teacher will also include:

• Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Monitor students’ performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.
• Schedule class times to ensure maximum attendance.
• Enforce policies and rules governing students.

We asked some Self-Enrichment Education Teachers a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	30% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	36% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	43% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	55% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	0% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	29% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Self-Enrichment Education Teachers also confer with other teachers and professionals to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning and development. They may also organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Meet with other instructors to discuss individual students and their progress. They might also Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, contests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

In addition, they Schedule class times to ensure maximum attendance.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children’s progress and to determine their priorities for their children.

To some Self-Enrichment Education Teachers, it is also their responsibility to Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests, and issue grades in accordance with performance.

Working life

Less than 40 hours per week

Regular schedule like a 9 to 5

In a typical work week as a Self-Enrichment Education Teacher, you can expect to work less than 40 hours per week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like working with, communicating with, and teaching people. They like helping or providing service to others..

They also like working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

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