10 Hot Education Career Trends for Teachers in 2016

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• 10 Hot Education Career Trends for Teachers in
  2016
• Educators have been scanning headlines to
  discover education career trends for teachers and
  the predictions for the upcoming year. This is
  because they understand that keeping up with the
  latest developments in education provides them
  with an edge, gives them insight, and allows them
  to be more proactive. If youre interested in
  learning about your current field and possibly
  the future direction of your career, here are the
  ten trends you should look out for this year.
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• Teachers Will Have Career Options Beyond the
  Classroom
• Teachers will not limit themselves to
  the classroom they will expand their options
  within teaching through one of the hot education
  careers listed below.
• (a) Education Consultant In this role, educators
  will act as independent academic advisors who
  will be hired by parents or the school. Theyll
  advise students on educational and career
  opportunities, enabling them to make decisions
  about schools and/or college majors.
• (b) Curriculum Developer Also known as an
  instructional coordinator, a curriculum developer
  focuses on the topics which students learn and
  the materials their educators use in the
  classroom. If you opt for this job, youll be
  entrusted with observing teachers to recommend
  changes that could improve student performance.
  Youll also have to make changes to the schools
  curricula, ensuring that its in line with the
  states standards.

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• (c) Career Counselor A career counselor analyzes
  individuals education level, work history,
  interest, skills, and personality to determine
  which careers they should pursue. In this role,
  your aim is to balance job satisfaction and
  financial payoff, be it for people who are
  jobless, just entering the workforce, between
  jobs, or unhappy with their career choices.
• (d) Master Teacher A master teacher is entrusted
  with a variety of tasks as theyre supposed to
  set an example for other teachers. In addition to
  mentoring both students and teachers, providing
  both with advanced instructional techniques,
  youll be entrusted with providing opinion on the
  current curriculum and developing classes and
  courses for students.
• (e) Virtual Instructor Also known as an online
  teacher, a virtual instructor imparts knowledge
  through technological instruction systems and
  tools. They interact with students through
  computerized, audio or visual equipment. While
  many deem this as the challenging aspect of
  online learning, the need to design a compelling
  and enriching curriculum is why this role isnt
  for everyone.

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• (f) Charter Schools Innovator Another unique
  role, charter schools innovator allows educators
  to devise and implement innovative ways to teach
  students while being held accountable for
  advancing student achievement. As theres not
  much information on this role, you may need to
  contact a charter school for more information.
• (g) Instructional Leader As an instructional
  leader, youll be in charge of establishing
  goals, managing curriculum, monitoring lesson
  plans, and evaluating resources to ensure student
  learning and growth. As a school principal,
  assistant principal, program administrator or
  departmental administrator, youll also be
  entrusted with the legal, financial, and
  administrative tasks of the school.
• 2) Education Tech Investment Will Continue
  Growing
• After receiving 55 more funding last year,
  the education tech investment globally is
  expected to reach 107 billion this year. To
  ensure that youre ready for the tech your
  students will ask for, here are the five biggest
  trends expected in this area.

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• Adaptive Learning Software This type of software
  will help teachers create personalized, effective
  lesson plans based on data collected from
  students. Adaptive learning solutions will
  further predict which students may fall off track
  and which are ready to move on to higher level
  concepts.
• (b) Adaptive Learning Styles  Teachers need to
  embrace new teaching tools rather than limit
  themselves to textbooks and chalkboard teaching
  styles. Through these, teachers can engage
  students through video, mobile and other channels
  they are used to.
• (c) Classroom Flipping  Classroom flipping is
  one of the strongest trends in tech. Basically,
  it allows students to watch lectures or handle
  reading assignments at home and then work on
  their homework or assignments in class with their
  teachers. With 2016 offering better analytics and
  more interactivity, expect higher student
  engagement.
• (d) Increased Access to Resources Globally 
  Thanks to hi-speed internet access, digital
  education resources are spreading like wildfire.
  Students can learn anywhere and from any country
  as a result.

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• Virtual Reality Use in Classrooms  Virtual
  reality offers students immersive lab
  experiences, especially during subjects like
  science, engineering, and mathematics.
• 3) K-12 and Post-Secondary Will Collaborate to
  Ensure Student Success
• In 2016, K-12 and post-secondary faculty
  are expected to work closely together, aligning
  what they teach in order to ensure students
  success in college and afterwards. This because a
  necessity as employers would often complain about
  graduates not being ready for jobs while colleges
  blamed high schools for sending through students
  who arent capable of college-level work. With
  Common Core State Standards adopted in many
  states by this year, this trend is definitely
  coming your way.
• 4) Students Will Become Creators Traditionally,
  students were trained to consume a lot of
  information over the course of twenty-some years
  of their lives.

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• This educational process did entail
  engagement and interaction, but creation wasnt
  part of it. This will change in 2016 as
  creativity and ingenuity are a necessity in
  todays workplace. In fact, creativity is deemed
  an important leadership quality that can ensure
  the success of a business. Moreover, by allowing
  students to become creators, educators assist
  them in developing their problem-solving skills
  as well.
• 5) Alternative Credentialing Will Spread Further
• Since 2015, the number of alternative
  programs offered by higher education institutions
  has increased. From Boot camp programs to massive
  open online courses (MOOCs) for credit and all
  the way to mini degrees like MITs Micro Masters,
  non-degree programs will be used to complement an
  educational institutions offerings, filling the
  need for the flexible, accessible training
  required for students vocational education.
• 6) Teachers Will Teach the Value of Failing
  Intelligently

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• Many entrepreneurs, especially those in
  Silicon Valley, have been openly sharing what
  went wrong with their ventures. This is because
  they believe that failing intelligently is an
  important skill. Without it, they believe
  students would be unable to learn and change.
• 7) Mobile Learning Will Rise Further in 2016
• Towards Maturity reports that 47 of
  organizations has embraced mobile learning
  (a.k.a. m-learning), indicating the popularity of
  this method with learners.
• Use of HTML 5 Unlike Flash, HTML 5 promises a
  versatile, faster and robust experience to mobile
  learners. Therefore, youll need to make the
  necessary changes to your mobile learning course
  to prevent limiting your audience reach.
• Integration of Big Data Analytics Big Data
  provides educators with the opportunity to
  understand learner preferences and improve their
  training strategy. Using app analytics will
  further allow you to track your mobile traffic,
  device usage, and even strengths and weaknesses
  of mobile training program.

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• Adaptation for Wearable Tech Wearable tech such
  as Google Glass and Oculus Rift has become
  popular due to its affordability and user
  friendliness. As they make their way to
  classrooms, youll need to make sure that your
  m-learning course can effectively run on these.
• Integration of Geo Location Features Adding
  geo-location features gives teachers the chance
  to provide relevant online training to the global
  audience. The system detects the learners
  location and delivers the course or online
  training materials with a choice of native
  language subtitles and culturally appropriate
  activities.
• 8) Education Gamification Will Make Learning More
  Fun
• Gamification, or the use of game design
  elements in other contexts aside from games,
  promises a lot of potential to educators as well
  as their students. Turning course work into games
  allows students to develop persistence, attention
  to detail, and problem-solving. 

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• 9) Education May Finally Become Aligned with the
  Economy
• As education is a key differentiator in
  developing the workforce, the field is closely
  related to creating and sustaining economic
  prosperity. Realizing this, albeit a little late,
  local and national leaders are pushing to ensure
  a closer alignment between educational systems
  and economic development initiatives. The
  partnerships and interactions between
  governments, employers, educators, parents and
  students will allow the collection of data which
  can create a better understanding of the global
  workforce.
• 10) The Demand for New Assessment Methods is on
  the Rise
• The central interest of all learners is to
  receive feedback on their performance. However,
  students can only benefit from feedback if its
  timely, objective, and relevant to them.
  Unfortunately, end of unit or end of year
  assessment approaches fail to meet the timeliness
  criterion whereas generic feedback on a topic or
  class assignment fails to be relevant. 

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