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Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

What you’d do

  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Supervise laboratory work and field work.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

Skills that matter

  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Instructing
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Science

How to get there

Extensive preparation: most need graduate school, such as a master's degree or higher

Also called

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Geology Professor
  • Professor
  • Astronomy Professor
  • Atmospheric Sciences Professor

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