High school teachers are important to the world. They help teenagers learn the skills they need for the future. This is why it is so important to have people working these jobs. There is a lot that goes into becoming a high school teacher or a secondary education teacher and there is a lot of information that needs to be considered before going into this career. The information needed is the required education that is needed to become a high school teacher, the location and availability of jobs, the expected salary range, the technology that is needed within this career, and future predictions about the career. Future public high school teachers are generally required to have at least a bachelor’s degree. The requirements for teachers are
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This makes it easier to find jobs and it makes the outlook on the finding a job increase. According to My Next Move, “Nationwide, new job opportunities for secondary school teachers are very likely in the future.” The states that have above average opportunities for this job are Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas (State Map for Secondary School Teachers, n.d.). The salary of a high school teacher can vary greatly. The median annual wage was $55,050 in May of 2012. The lowest 10% of teachers earned less than $36,930 and the top 10% earned more than $85,690. The amount of pay that a teacher can receive depends on many different things, including type of degree obtained, number of classes being taught, and any extracurricular activities being taught (Pay , …show more content…
There are many reasons for this growth, but the biggest one is that student-to-teacher ratios are projected to decline and enrollment is expected to increase. (Job Outlook , 2014). Along with the job outlook, there is some prediction that the policy on teacher tenure will soon be changing for every teacher with the change in policy in California. The court case Vergara v. California, it was ruled that the tenure policy for public high school teachers is a causing students to suffer. With this ruling, the policy is to be revised so that firing high school teachers that have tenure will not be as difficult as it is now. With this ruling, it is obvious that there might be many more changes to the tenure program for public school teachers in the future (Investor 's Business,
This makes it easier to find jobs and it makes the outlook on the finding a job increase. According to My Next Move, “Nationwide, new job opportunities for secondary school teachers are very likely in the future.” The states that have above average opportunities for this job are Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas (State Map for Secondary School Teachers, n.d.). The salary of a high school teacher can vary greatly. The median annual wage was $55,050 in May of 2012. The lowest 10% of teachers earned less than $36,930 and the top 10% earned more than $85,690. The amount of pay that a teacher can receive depends on many different things, including type of degree obtained, number of classes being taught, and any extracurricular activities being taught (Pay , …show more content…
There are many reasons for this growth, but the biggest one is that student-to-teacher ratios are projected to decline and enrollment is expected to increase. (Job Outlook , 2014). Along with the job outlook, there is some prediction that the policy on teacher tenure will soon be changing for every teacher with the change in policy in California. The court case Vergara v. California, it was ruled that the tenure policy for public high school teachers is a causing students to suffer. With this ruling, the policy is to be revised so that firing high school teachers that have tenure will not be as difficult as it is now. With this ruling, it is obvious that there might be many more changes to the tenure program for public school teachers in the future (Investor 's Business,