Figure 3: Education Occupations
| Title |
Sample Responsibilities |
| Distance learning coordinator, e-learning instructional technologist* |
Assesses learners’ needs, designs and provides instruction through strategy that can include text, video, animation, intranet, Internet, computer games, and virtual environments |
| Adaptive physical education specialist |
Conducts developmental activities, such as games, sports, and rhythms for students with disabilities |
| Wilderness specialist, reentry counselor, counselor/teacher |
Provides counseling in outdoor environment for troubled youth |
| Home/school/community liaison teacher |
Performs outreach activities for school |
| Foreign language teacher |
Teaches language immersion in pre-school programs or instructs “critical need” foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Farsi) for K-12 and college students |
| Educational diagnostician* |
Assesses and diagnoses learning problems of students; works with therapists, school counselors and social workers to determine eligibility for special education services |
*Occupations for which a graduate degree is a required qualification or strongly preferred by employers.
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Figure 3: Educational Occupations from Making Magic: New and Emerging Occupations by Shirley Jones