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

What do 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.

Education Required

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

What Does This Job Pay?

Median Annual Salary: $60,560
Median Hourly Salary: $29
$39,710
$60,560
$97,980
One out of ten earn less than $39,710
The median salary is $60,560
One out of ten earn more than $97,980

Top Skills For This Job

  • Basic Skills
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Reading work related information
  • Talking to others
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Reading work related information
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Looking for ways to help people
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Teaching people how to do something
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • Bringing people together to solve differences
  • Managing your time and the time of other people
  • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Social
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Reading work related information
  • Talking to others
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Reading work related information
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Looking for ways to help people
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Teaching people how to do something
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • Bringing people together to solve differences
  • Managing your time and the time of other people
  • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Teaching people how to do something
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Problem Solving
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Reading work related information
  • Talking to others
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Reading work related information
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Looking for ways to help people
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Teaching people how to do something
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • Bringing people together to solve differences
  • Managing your time and the time of other people
  • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Teaching people how to do something
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Will There Be Jobs?

New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

Typical Daily Tasks

  • 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.