English Language & Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Also Called:

English Instructor,

English Professor,

Instructor,

Professor

What they do: Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

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Education

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Teach writing or communication classes.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

Personality

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

Innovation

Empathy

Social Orientation

Achievement Orientation

Intellectual Curiosity

Dependability

Interests

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Abilities

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

Verbal

  • Read and understand what is written

  • Communicate by speaking

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

  • Reading work related information

  • Writing things for co-workers or customers

Social

  • Teaching people how to do something

  • Looking for ways to help people

Problem Solving

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

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  • Identify how your interests, values, and strengths match this occupation
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  • Talk to your college and career counselor or school admissions staff
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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop