Skills for life teacher

In your day-to-day duties you could:

• carry out skills assessments
•  talk to students about what they want to achieve
•  design learning plans to suit the needs and abilities of students
•  prepare teaching materials
•  use a range of resources like worksheets and computer packages
•  deliver individual and group teaching sessions
•  keep records
•  guide and support learning support assistants and volunteers

• knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• the ability to work on your own
• leadership skills
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• the ability to come up with new ways of doing things
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• the ability to create the best conditions for learning or teaching new things
• customer service skills
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

You'll need a minimum of a level 3 qualification, like an A level, in the subject you wish to teach.

You can get into this job through:

• a university course
• a college course
• an apprenticeship

There may be opportunities to move into more senior roles like head of department, or to train other teachers.

You could be self-employed and work as a freelancer.