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**High School Chemistry Teacher**
A High School Chemistry Teacher Celebrating Mole Day (October 23).

__**Job Description**__ The primary goal of a high school chemistry teacher is to teach a secondary education level of chemistry to the students that are present in their classes. In preparation for each day of teaching, chemistry teachers must plan out the day's lessons and/or labs. After teaching the students a set topic, the teacher will often assess the student in some matter. This could be through a test or quiz on the material, or a graded lab report explaining the results of the latest experiment. Usually four times in the school year, the chemistry teacher will submit the grades of the student which will be shown on the student's report card. Besides the basic teaching task, teachers may also be involved in a number of extra-curricular activities in which they help their students in a number of events. A glimpse of a high school classroom.

__**Personality Characters**__ A high schoool chemistry teacher must primarily be willing to help and assist teenagers of varying ages learn the subjects being taught. Teachers must also be determined and committed to making sure that every student that is being taught learns everything that everyone else should. Some students may may difficult to teach, and some may not have a desire to learn, but a teacher must be willing to work to make sure everyone learns. A teacher needs to be friendly and open for any students that may need some extra help or assistance. This describes me well, and while I may not want to teach chemistry, I would love to someday become a teacher. A teacher has to be willing to help every student.

__**Working Conditions**__ High school chemistry teachers will spend most of their work day in the high school classroom. The teacher will be teaching various classes dealing with chemistry for around seven hours a day. The chemistry teacher will have to interact with students, as well as fellow teachers, of diferent ages and backgrounds throughout the course of the school year. The teaching career can be stressful or frustrating because of the amount of work required, or because of dealing with frustrating students or colleagues. Dealing with these type of students is often the biggest complaint for high school teachers. Most chemistry teachers will spend their time in a room very much like this one.

A high school chemistry teacher has a number of options for location of employment. While public schools are often the first thought of, chemistry techers can also teach at a private school, where the students are fewer and, for the most part, more motivated. Within a two hour drive, there are a number of private and public schools at which aspiring chemistry teachers can find employment. Most teachers will be able to find a job at a public high school.
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The number of available teaching positions is projected to increases by about 12% in the next seven years. High school chemistry teahers will be in particular demand, because they teach a field of science. Many teachers in urban school districts will not spend much time here, which will also open teaching positions. The continuing push for a satisfactory public education will cause many more teaching positions to open
 * __Job Outlook__**

The average salary for high school teachers ranges from $43,580 a year to $48,690 a year. Three years ago, almost half of all working teachers belonged to a union, which is an organized group of employees that bargain for better working conditions, such as pay increase. In some school districts, teachers may be able to earn extra money if they volunteer in after school sports, or other extracuricular activities. With teaching comes a multitude of benefits, in areas such as healthcare, insurance, and housing. Teachers with higher certification, such as a master's degree or a doctorate, may also be able to receive higher pay. A bar graph showing the varying payscales of high school teachers in the United States.
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All teachers must be licensed to teach, which includes a bachelor's degree and the completion of a teacher education program. The aspiring chemistry teacher should look to major in the field they are planning on teaching. For chemistry teachers, a college course the involves primarily the subject they will be teaching is optimum. Besides these, courses like philosophy of education, psychology of learning, and different teaching methods. Most teachers are now also required to take a computers education course, because in the modern world computers are used on a day to day basis. All aspiring teachers must attend college.
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