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Early Childhood Teaching Careers

Our featured partner in becoming a teacher/educator is UCCS. Teaching is an intellectually stimulating, fulfilling, and fun job where you can innovate to prepare kids for our fast-changing world. It's a job where you matter. What is it really like to teach and help the next generation of change-making educators get their start? Learn more at UCCS.

A Day in the Life of Teaching, made possible by:

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  • Basic Requirements: Bachelor's degree and certification
  • Typical Wages: $60-65k/yr (in Colorado)
  • Typical Hours: Traditional school hours plus some extra, summer break and other intermittent breaks
  • Job Outlook: Potential decline, could depend on state and federal budgets; around 200k openings/yr projected
  • Next Position: Professor, Principal
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