Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary

Also Called:

Assistant Professor,

Professor,

Social Work Associate Professor,

Social Work Professor

What they do: Teach courses in social work. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

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Education & Training

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, or handouts.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

Empathy

Social Orientation

Achievement Orientation

Cooperation

Intellectual Curiosity

Integrity

Interests

Career interests describe the perspectives and interests of people who enjoy the type of work involved in this career.

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Artistic

Knowledge

People who want to pursue this career have knowledge in these areas.

Education and Training

  • Teaching and course design

Math and Science

  • Sociology and anthropology

  • Psychology

Health

  • Therapy and counseling

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Abilities

Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.

Verbal

  • Communicate by speaking

  • Communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • Make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

  • Use rules to solve problems

Skills

People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.

Basic Skills

  • Talking to others

  • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things

Problem Solving

  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • Teaching people how to do something

  • Understanding people's reactions

Work Values

Work values describe how your core beliefs align with those commonly needed for this career.

Relationships

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Independence

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Does this sound like something you'd like to do?

1. Do some research
  • Identify how your interests, values, and strengths match this occupation
  • Talk to someone who works in this field or spend a day job shadowing
  • Use the colleges and training directory to explore programs related to this career
2. Plan your next move
  • Talk to your college and career counselor or school admissions staff
  • Visit Idaho Launch
  • Search for available Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary jobs on Idaho Works

Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop