Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

Also Called:

Adult Basic Education Instructor (ABE Instructor),

ESL Instructor (English as a Second Language Instructor),

GED Instructor (General Educational Development Instructor),

Teacher

What they do: Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in basic education, literacy, or English as a Second Language classes, or in classes for earning a high school equivalency credential.

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Education & Training

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress and make suggestions for improvement.
  • Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
  • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.

Personality

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

Optimism

Sincerity

Adaptability

Empathy

Social Orientation

Cooperation

Interests

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

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Knowledge

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

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Education and Training

  • Teaching and course design

Business

  • Customer service

  • Administrative services

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

  • Notice when problems happen

  • Use rules to solve problems

Skills

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

Basic Skills

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

  • Reading work related information

Social

  • Teaching people how to do something

  • Understanding people's reactions

Problem Solving

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

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?

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  • 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 Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 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