The mission of OSU's College of Education is "to develop multicultural competent researchers, scholars, learning leaders and practitioners who make a difference by promoting innovation, social justice, and lifelong learning with a focus on STEM and cultural and linguistic diversity. The undergraduate Education Double Degree currently emphasizes preparing and licensing teachers for K-12 public school.
Position Title | Projected Growth (2014-2024) | Preparation Required | 2015 Median Wage |
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Education Administrators, Postsecondary
Position Description:Plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$102,610 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 5 | $102,610 per year |
Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
Position Description:Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of public or private elementary or secondary level schools.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$92,940 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 5 | $92,940 per year |
Speech-Language Pathologists
Position Description:Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$76,900 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 5 | $76,900 per year |
School Psychologists
Position Description:Investigate processes of learning and teaching and develop psychological principles and techniques applicable to educational problems.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$76,040 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 5 | $76,040 per year |
Writers and Authors
Position Description:Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$69,130 per year
Preparation:
Position Duties:N/A Skills:N/A |
Faster than average (9% to 13%) | $69,130 per year | |
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Position Description:Teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$62,180 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $62,180 per year |
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Position Description:Teach students in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies at the secondary level in public or private schools. May be designated according to subject matter specialty.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$60,440 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $60,440 per year |
Librarians
Position Description:Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, educational institutions, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$58,930 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 5 | $58,930 per year |
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Position Description:Teach students in one or more subjects in public or private schools at the middle, intermediate, or junior high level, which falls between elementary and senior high school as defined by applicable laws and regulations.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$58,760 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $58,760 per year |
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
Position Description:Teach elementary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$58,640 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $58,640 per year |
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
Position Description:Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects in public or private schools at the middle, intermediate, or junior high level, which falls between elementary and senior high school as defined by applicable laws and regulations.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$58,480 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $58,480 per year |
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Position Description:Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects at the secondary school level in public or private schools.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$58,170 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $58,170 per year |
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors
Position Description:Counsel individuals and provide group educational and vocational guidance services.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$56,490 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 5 | $56,490 per year |
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Position Description:Teach elemental natural and social science, personal hygiene, music, art, and literature to kindergarten students. Promote physical, mental, and social development. May be required to hold State certification.
Projected Growth:
Little or no change (-1% to 1%)
Median Pay:
$54,510 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Little or no change (-1% to 1%) | Job Zone 4 | $54,510 per year |
Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors
Position Description:Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in remedial education classes, preparatory classes for the General Educational Development test, literacy, or English as a Second Language. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$54,060 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $54,060 per year |
Education Administrators, Preschool and Childcare Center/Program
Position Description:Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and childcare centers or programs.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$52,760 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 4 | $52,760 per year |
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Position Description:Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$46,610 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $46,610 per year |
Tutors
Position Description:Provide non-classroom, academic instruction to students on an individual or small-group basis for proactive or remedial purposes.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$40,140 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $40,140 per year |
Coaches and Scouts
Position Description:Instruct or coach groups or individuals in the fundamentals of sports. Demonstrate techniques and methods of participation. May evaluate athletes' strengths and weaknesses as possible recruits or to improve the athletes' technique to prepare them for competition. Those required to hold teaching degrees should be reported in the appropriate teaching category.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$40,050 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $40,050 per year |
Rehabilitation Counselors
Position Description:Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$38,040 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 5 | $38,040 per year |
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
Position Description:Instruct preschool-aged children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care center, or other child development facility. May be required to hold State certification.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$32,500 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 3 | $32,500 per year |
Childcare Workers
Position Description:Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$22,310 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 2
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 2 | $22,310 per year |
Counsel individuals and provide group educational and vocational guidance services.
Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects in public or private schools at the middle, intermediate, or junior high level, which falls between elementary and senior high school as defined by applicable laws and regulations.
Instruct or coach groups or individuals in the fundamentals of sports. Demonstrate techniques and methods of participation. May evaluate athletes' strengths and weaknesses as possible recruits or to improve the athletes' technique to prepare them for competition. Those required to hold teaching degrees should be reported in the appropriate teaching category.
Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects at the secondary school level in public or private schools.
Teach students in one or more subjects in public or private schools at the middle, intermediate, or junior high level, which falls between elementary and senior high school as defined by applicable laws and regulations.
Teach students in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies at the secondary level in public or private schools. May be designated according to subject matter specialty.
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and childcare centers or programs.
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in remedial education classes, preparatory classes for the General Educational Development test, literacy, or English as a Second Language. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution.
Plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of public or private elementary or secondary level schools.
Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.
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Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, educational institutions, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.
Instruct preschool-aged children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care center, or other child development facility. May be required to hold State certification.
Investigate processes of learning and teaching and develop psychological principles and techniques applicable to educational problems.
Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.
Provide non-classroom, academic instruction to students on an individual or small-group basis for proactive or remedial purposes.
Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.
Teach elemental natural and social science, personal hygiene, music, art, and literature to kindergarten students. Promote physical, mental, and social development. May be required to hold State certification.
Teach elementary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
Teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
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