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Overview:Teaching can be a great job if you like to interact with kids. You can be a teacher in many different areas. Three of them are science, math, and arithmetic.  Teachers now get to have fun with props such as board games, computers, and card games. In classes today kids are working in-groups to learn how to discuss a problem and work together. Kids are also adapting to new technology. The teachers have to find a way to teach kids this skill. In today's society, teachers also have to be extremely creative, otherwise the students could lose interest in that subject.  If you happen to be a Preschool teacher or elementary school teacher you are developing the kids' life long learning skills. 
Schooling: In most states elementary teachers have to have a Bachelors Degree in education and also a Masters Degree. Middle school and high school teachers have to have their Bachelors Degree in the subject they teach and a Masters in education. 
Salary: Your earnings might be the salary values listed below. A teacher who teaches in Pre-K might earn a salary of $17,810.   The lowest earnings for a teacher that taught in kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school was between $ 23,230 through $ 28, 460. The average salary that was recorded by Occupational Outlook Handbook was between $37, 610 through 42, 080. Of course, the more seniority you have the more money you get and the higher you can go in that career.
Job Opportunities: One of the most challenging teaching jobs is to be a Pre-K teacher. You  have to start to develop the child's life by having them play, learn to share, and to socialize. In most elementary schools a teacher has to teach a variety of subjects.  Most middle and high school teachers specialize in one subject and teach a different group of kids at totally different times. Some of the subjects may be English, Biology, Spanish, Mathematics, History and Biology

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