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1: Job description and responsibilities 

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1: Job description and responsibilities 

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1. A teacher will need to create lesson plans for subjects such as math, reading, and science.

2. Set up an environment where children feel safe, and comfortable being around others.

3. A teacher may also have to observe students and evaluate their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses.

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1. Many kindergarten and elementary school teachers work the traditional 10-month school year and have a 2-month break during the summer.

2. Elementary school teachers could work 40+ hours a week.

3. They may have work to take home over the weekends and nights but it is not required.

4. While there may be one teacher in a classroom, they will be a part of a department such as math. However there may be times when two teachers share a classroom but teach at different times.

5. It could be physically and emotionally demanding since they would work with little kids who don't always want to listen. They may also have to deal with kids throwing tantrums, throwing things, having kids crying, or having bathroom accidents.

6. Most likely a teacher would be inside a classroom but could take the class out for a quick walk or activity.

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1. The average Teacher Elementary School salary in Pennsylvania is $62,324 as of January 26, 2023, but the range typically falls between $51,137 and $75,268.

2. Teachers get paid a salary.

3. The typical package teachers get a state retirement pension plan and affordable health insurance. Plus schools will often pay for their teachers to go back to school to gain more education.

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1. In Pennsylvania there are 108,756 teachers and in the United States there are 2,783,705 teachers.

2. Types of schools that hire teachers.

Career and Technical Education Centers.

Charter Schools.

Home Education/Private Tutoring.

Intermediate Units.

Military Schools.

Private Schools.

Postsecondary & Higher Education.

Public Schools.

3. Teachers are needed all over Pennsylvania and the country.

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1. A person must have a bachelor's degree and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA to obtain teaching certification in Pennsylvania. People can major in a course like elementary education, or they can study a specific subject and grade level, such as middle school math.

2.A person should be patient, kind, helpful, caring, and calm if they want to work with young kids because littles won't always do what they are told right away.

3. It would be helpful for incoming teachers to have some medical training in case they ever had a incident in a classroom.

4. Classes that focus on children or working with them such as child development would be great for an incoming teacher.

5. Some extracurricular activities such as babysitting, working at a daycare or volunteering with children would benefit a future teacher because it would give them experience.

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1. Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA

2. West Chester University in West Chester, PA

3. Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA

4. Arcadia University in Glenside, PA

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Benefits of being an elementary school teacher
1. You get to work with children and help them learn new things and watch them grow academically.

2. You get benefits such as insurance and a pension, and summers off.

3. Working during nights and weekends isn't required.

4. Paid time off for holidays and other school breaks.

Downside of being a elementary school teacher
1. Breaks without pay.

2. Professional development days.

3. The workload can be taxing.

4. Teachers could be asked to do after school activities, and go to school functions.

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https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/kindergarten-and-elementary-school-teachers.htm#:~:text=Create%20lesson%20plans%20to%20teach,or%20smaller%20groups%20of%20students

https://www.education.pa.gov/Schools/TypesofSchools/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Teacher-Salary--in-Pennsylvania