HEALTH TEACHER

EARNINGS

• Health teachers average salary is $55,360 a year

TRAINING

• For this job you need a highschool diploma and a bachelors degree.

ADVANCEMENT

• For this job there is not much room for advancement.

NATURE OF WORK

• 5 days a week
• Summer off
• 8 hours a day

JOB OUTLOOK

• There are currently 99,400 people who are employed
• The field for health teachers is really opening up and expanding. There was 21% in growth between 2012 and 2013

RELATED OCCUPATION

• One related occupation to a health teacher is a normal teacher. They have a similar job but teach different material.

PERSONAL ADVANTAGES

• One advantage to this job is that you get a summer vacation.
• Another advantage is that you get weekends off and holiday breaks.
• They also work usually 8 hours a day.

PERSONAL DISADVANTAGES

• One disadvantage to this job is not great pay.
• Another disadvantage to this job is disobedient kids.
• Also a disadvantage to this job could be the disliking of kids.

GOOD FIT?

• I feel that for me this job is not a good fit. I do not like being around kids and I also don't like how much this job pays. You need patients to be a teacher and I do not have a lot of that.

PREPARING NOW

• One way to prepare for this job is to work hard in school and get good grades
• Another way to prepare for this job is to study health so I know what to teach.