Occupation Atlasprimary school teacher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/03d79393-7b30-4159-945b-01963eddd302
primary school teacher
Primary school teachers instruct students on a primary school level. They develop lesson plans in line with curriculum objectives for the variety of subjects they teach, including mathematics, languages, nature studies and music. They monitor the students' learning development and evaluate their knowledge and skills on the subjects taught through tests. They build their course content on the students' knowledge of previous learnings and encourage them to deepen their understanding on the subjects they are interested in. They use class resources and teaching methods to create an inspiring learning environment. Primary school teachers also contribute to school events and communicate with parents and administrative staff.
Compare with another occupationCompare with Steiner school teacher
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SACSocial · Artistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social7.00
- A Artistic3.87
- C Conventional3.78
- I Investigative3.35
- R Realistic2.64
- E Enterprising2.57
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (25-2021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (29)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assign homework
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- curriculum objectives
- demonstrate when teaching
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- facilitate teamwork between students
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- handle children's problems
- implement care programmes for children
- instructional strategies
- learning difficulties
- maintain relations with children's parents
- maintain students' discipline
- manage student relationships
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- prepare youths for adulthood
- primary school procedures
- support the positiveness of youths
- teach primary education class content
- teamwork principles
- use pedagogic strategies for creativity
Optional (42)
- advise on lesson plans
- arrange parent teacher meeting
- assess the development of youth
- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist in the organisation of school events
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- behavioural disorders
- bring out performers’ artistic potential
- common children's diseases
- consult students on learning content
- create craft prototypes
- define creative components
- develop course outline
- developmental psychology
- disability types
- escort students on a field trip
- improvise music
- keep records of attendance
- liaise with educational support staff
- maintain musical instruments
- manage resources for educational purposes
- monitor children's physical development
- musical genres
- musical instruments
- musical notation
- musical theory
- organise creative performance
- oversee extra-curricular activities
- perform playground surveillance
- play musical instruments
- provide after school care
- provide lesson materials
- recognise indicators of gifted student
- select artistic materials to create artworks
- social development
- special needs education
- supervise craft production
- support gifted students
- teach arts principles
- teach music principles
- work with virtual learning environments
- workplace sanitation
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 29 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
Steiner school teacher
27 shared · 2 more of its ownteach primary education class content, use pedagogic strategies for creativity, implement care programmes for children, handle children's problems
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25 shared · 8 more of its ownteach primary education class content, implement care programmes for children, primary school procedures, handle children's problems
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Freinet school teacher
24 shared · 9 more of its ownimplement care programmes for children, handle children's problems, encourage students to acknowledge their achievements, support the positiveness of youths
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Montessori school teacher
23 shared · 11 more of its ownimplement care programmes for children, handle children's problems, encourage students to acknowledge their achievements, support the positiveness of youths
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teacher of talented and gifted students
23 shared · 12 more of its ownimplement care programmes for children, handle children's problems, maintain relations with children's parents, encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
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early years teacher
22 shared · 7 more of its ownimplement care programmes for children, handle children's problems, encourage students to acknowledge their achievements, support the positiveness of youths
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early years special educational needs teacher
21 shared · 13 more of its ownimplement care programmes for children, handle children's problems, maintain relations with children's parents, encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
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