According to the US Department of Labor’s projections, the education profession will show strong and continued job growth through 2009. Experts believe the education profession will continue to grow as it changes to include careers well beyond the traditional classroom teacher. Specializations and education careers include:

• Administrators: principals, special project coordinators, college and university deans, department chairpersons
• Literacy Specialists: librarians, multimedia specialists, research assistants, literacy coordinators, parent educators
• Preschool, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education teachers: K-12 school teachers, community college teachers, infant and toddler specialists, preschool directors
• Corporate trainers and mentors: technology designers, specialty mentors, personal coaches
• Counselors, therapists and social workers

KCC can help you become a teacher for today and tomorrow! Courses are offered at most KCC sites and include programming in:

• Cooperative Education
• Early Childhood Education and Child Development
• Elementary Mathematics and Science
• Social Science
• Child Literacy
• Elementary Art and Theater
• Physical Education

For more information, refer to the Education transfer guide found in the KCC catalog or contact a staff member