Secondary school teacher

A secondary school teacher teaches students in middle and high school — planning and delivering lessons, leading discussions, assigning and grading work, managing classrooms of teenagers, and supporting each student's learning in their subject area. The work combines subject expertise with the challenge of engaging adolescents and managing a classroom through the unpredictable energy of teenage learners.

Teachers work in public and private secondary schools, specialising in humanities, STEM, or the arts. The role suits knowledgeable, patient, articulate people who love their subject, can explain it clearly and engagingly to teenagers, manage a classroom with both structure and warmth, and find reward in shaping how young people think and what they go on to do.