Secondary School Teachers: where your skills can take you
Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.
Usual study level (from US data): Bachelor degree (uni — or check Cert/Diploma + experience pathways first) · State teacher registration — mandatory, with a Working With Children Check (in Vic and Qld, registration covers it)
Job names and descriptions on this page come from the US government's job list (O*NET). Some use American words, for example "elementary school" for primary school.
Three moves that use what a secondary school teacher already knows
Ranked by how much of the job's skills and knowledge carries over. Each one says what the move usually costs in study.
Middle School Teachers
🧰 Your current job already uses teaching other people, reading people, working in step with other people and sound judgement.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is a bachelor's degree (88%).
🪪 State teacher registration — mandatory, with a Working With Children Check (in Vic and Qld, registration covers it)
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Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
Elementary School Teachers
🧰 Your current job already uses teaching other people, reading people, working in step with other people and sound judgement.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is a bachelor's degree (78%).
🪪 State teacher registration — mandatory, with a Working With Children Check (in Vic and Qld, registration covers it)
🔎 Find degrees on Course Seeker ↗ (type the job's name there)
Teach academic and social skills to students at the elementary school level.
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
🧰 Your current job already uses teaching other people, sound judgement, reading people and solving difficult problems.
🎓 A degree. More study than your current job. The most common level in the US is a master's degree or higher (100%).
🔎 Find degrees on Course Seeker ↗ (type the job's name there)
Teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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