ECONOMICS TEACHER

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Teach courses in economics.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate and/or graduate students on topics such as econometrics, price theory, and macroeconomics.
• 2) Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• 3) Evaluate and grade students’ class work, assignments, and papers.
• 4) Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• 5) Keep abreast of developments in their field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• 6) Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• 7) Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• 8) Maintain regularly scheduled office hours in order to advise and assist students.
• 9) Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks.
• 10) Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
• 11) Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge, and publish findings in professional journals, books, and/or electronic media.
• 12) Supervise undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
• 13) Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, and on career issues.
• 14) Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
• 15) Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• 16) Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
• 17) Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
• 18) Perform administrative duties such as serving as department head.
• 19) Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
• 20) Participate in campus and community events.
• 21) Provide professional consulting services to government and/or industry.
• 22) Act as advisers to student organizations.

Activities:

• 1) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• 2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 3) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• 4) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 5) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• 6) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 7) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• 8) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• 9) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 10) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• 11) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 12) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 13) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 14) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 15) Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• 16) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 17) Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
• 18) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• 19) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 5) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 11) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 12) Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
• 13) Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• 14) Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• 15) Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• 16) Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity)

Knowledge

• 1) Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• 2) Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• 3) Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• 4) Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.nd negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• 5) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.