# Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

> Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 25-1192.00
- **Summary:** Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

## Aliases

- Assistant Professor
- Associate Professor
- Instructor
- Professor
- Child Development Instructor
- Dietetics Professor
- Family and Consumer Sciences Professor (FCS Professor)
- Food and Nutrition Professor
- Human Development Professor
- Lecturer
- Adjunct Instructor
- Adjunct Professor

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, projects, assignments, and papers. | Core | 4.A.2.a.1.c |
| Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.l |
| Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as food science, nutrition, and child care. | Core | 4.A.4.b.3.b |
| Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences. | Core | 4.A.2.b.3.a |
| Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. | Core | 4.A.4.b.3.b |
| Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. | Core | 4.A.2.a.1.b |
| Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. | Core | 4.A.2.a.1.c |
| Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. | Core | 4.A.4.b.6.g |
| Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. | Core | 4.A.4.b.6.g |
| Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. | Core | 4.A.4.b.4.a |
| Conduct faculty performance evaluations. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.2.f |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Monitor performance of organizational members or partners. | 4.A.1.a.2.f |
| Evaluate performance of educational staff. | 4.A.2.a.1.d |
| Evaluate student work. | 4.A.2.a.1.c |
| Guide class discussions. | 4.A.4.b.3.b |
| Teach social science courses at the college level. | 4.A.4.b.3.b |
| Develop instructional materials. | 4.A.3.b.6.l |
| Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization. | 4.A.2.b.3.a |
| Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge. | 4.A.2.b.3.a |
| Maintain student records. | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Evaluate effectiveness of educational programs. | 4.A.2.a.1.b |
| Develop instructional objectives. | 4.A.2.b.2.l |
| Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress. | 4.A.2.a.1.c |
| Prepare tests. | 4.A.2.a.1.c |
| Advise students on academic or career matters. | 4.A.4.b.6.g |
| Supervise student research or internship work. | 4.A.4.b.4.a |
| Select educational materials or equipment. | 4.A.2.b.1.j |
| Order instructional or library materials or equipment. | 4.A.4.c.3.e |
| Research topics in area of expertise. | 4.A.2.b.3.a |
| Write articles, books or other original materials in area of expertise. | 4.A.3.b.6.p |
| Promote educational institutions or programs. | 4.A.4.a.6.c |
| Perform student enrollment or registration activities. | 4.A.4.c.1.a |
| Serve on institutional or departmental committees. | 4.A.4.b.4.b |
| Plan community programs or activities for the general public. | 4.A.2.b.6.a |
| Compile specialized bibliographies or lists of materials. | 4.A.2.a.2.c |
| Direct department activities. | 4.A.4.b.4.j |
| Write grant proposals. | 4.A.3.b.6.g |
| Advise educators on curricula, instructional methods, or policies. | 4.A.4.b.6.g |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| English Language | knowledge | 4.56 |
| Education and Training | knowledge | 4.28 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 4.12 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 4.12 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 4.12 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 4 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 4 |
| Learning Strategies | essential_skill | 4 |
| Instructing | transferable_skill | 4 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Written Expression | ability | 4 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 4 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 3.74 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 3.62 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.62 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 3.62 |
| Psychology | knowledge | 3.59 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.56 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3.5 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 3.5 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 3.46 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 3.44 |
| Administrative | knowledge | 3.4 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 3.38 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.38 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.38 |
| Sociology and Anthropology | knowledge | 3.29 |
| Communications and Media | knowledge | 3.17 |
| Social Perceptiveness | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Originality | ability | 3.12 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.12 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.12 |
| Law and Government | knowledge | 3.08 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Outlook | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Google Docs | Specialized Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Email Software | Specialized Skill |
| Database Management Systems | Specialized Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Presentation Software | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Maintenance | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Google Docs | Word processing software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | no |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | no |
| Zoom | Video conferencing software | yes | no |
| Blackboard Learn | Computer based training software | no | no |
| Collaborative editing software | Word processing software | no | no |
| Course management system software | Computer based training software | no | no |
| Database management systems | Data base management system software | no | no |
| Desire2Learn LMS software | Computer based training software | no | no |
| DOC Cop | Information retrieval or search software | no | no |
| Email software | Electronic mail software | no | no |
| Image scanning software | Optical character reader OCR or scanning software | no | no |
| iParadigms Turnitin | Information retrieval or search software | no | no |
| Learning management system LMS | Computer based training software | no | no |
| Sakai CLE | Computer based training software | no | no |
| Social computing tools | Web page creation and editing software | no | no |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| E-Mail | 4.88 |
| Contact With Others | 4.75 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.61 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.45 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 4.28 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.26 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.24 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.14 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 4.07 |
| Time Pressure | 4.05 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 3.94 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 3.92 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 3.88 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 3.86 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 3.72 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 3.63 |
| Level of Competition | 3.58 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 3.31 |
| Public Speaking | 3.05 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.03 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 2.93 |
| Physical Proximity | 2.86 |
| Conflict Situations | 2.67 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.58 |
| Spend Time Standing | 2.38 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 2.28 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 2.19 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 2.13 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 2.01 |
| Consequence of Error | 1.95 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 1.89 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 1.78 |
| Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | 1.73 |
| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | 1.58 |
| Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body | 1.51 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 1.41 |
| Exposed to Disease or Infections | 1.39 |
| Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People | 1.3 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | 1.23 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 1.19 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 5
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
- **Experience:** Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- **Svp Range:** (8.0 and above)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Doctoral Degree | 48.02 |
| Master's Degree | 36.45 |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 7.89 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 3.66 |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 1.9 |
| Some College Courses | 0.96 |
| Post-Doctoral Training | 0.8 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Social | career_interest_type | 7 |
| Dependability | work_style | 7 |
| Teaching/Education | specific_interest_area | 6.81 |
| Integrity | work_style | 6 |
| Social Science | specific_interest_area | 5.84 |
| Public Speaking | specific_interest_area | 5.82 |
| Professional Advising | specific_interest_area | 5.22 |
| Social Service | specific_interest_area | 5 |
| Intellectual Curiosity | work_style | 5 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 4.85 |
| Cooperation | work_style | 4 |
| Humanities | specific_interest_area | 3.62 |
| Artistic | career_interest_type | 3.48 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 3.37 |
| Culinary Art | specific_interest_area | 3.03 |
| Achievement Orientation | work_style | 3 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 25-1193.00 | role-25-1193-00 | Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | Primary-Short |
| 25-1081.00 | role-25-1081-00 | Education Teachers, Postsecondary | Primary-Short |
| 25-2023.00 | role-25-2023-00 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | Primary-Short |
| 25-1041.00 | role-25-1041-00 | Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Primary-Short |
| 25-1113.00 | role-25-1113-00 | Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary | Primary-Short |
| 25-9031.00 | role-25-9031-00 | Instructional Coordinators | Primary-Long |
| 25-1067.00 | role-25-1067-00 | Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary | Primary-Long |
| 25-2032.00 | role-25-2032-00 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School | Primary-Long |
| 25-1071.00 | role-25-1071-00 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Primary-Long |
| 25-2031.00 | role-25-2031-00 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | Primary-Long |
| 25-3011.00 | role-25-3011-00 | Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | Supplemental |
| 25-2021.00 | role-25-2021-00 | Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Education | education |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Doctoral or professional degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Education | education |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | family-and-consumer-sciences-human-sciences |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | multi-interdisciplinary-studies |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 77280
- **Mean Wage:** 84450
- **Pct10Wage:** 47580
- **Pct25Wage:** 56870
- **Pct75Wage:** 99530
- **Pct90Wage:** 133180
- **Employment:** 2630
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 2630 | 77280 | 11.3 |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 2630 | 11.3 |
- **Count:** 1

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | 1.211652 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | 0.6141432 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | 1.467661 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 83
- **Percentile:** 88
- **Band:** High
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 83 | felten_aioe |
| 75 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 92 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | 1.211652 | 83 | High | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.875 | 75 | High | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.3218966482964592 | 92 | High | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |
- **Teleworkable:** yes

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.2
- **Beta:** 0.5375
- **Gamma:** 0.875

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. | 0.1776844734582534 | 4.42 |
| Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences. | 0.1054808984055643 | 4.5 |
| Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media. | 0.09551824295732697 | 3.91 |
| Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. | 0.07035483486641825 | 4.4 |
| Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. | 0.06645193891762424 | 4.46 |
| Provide professional consulting services to government or industry. | 0.06470590651947956 | 3.07 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 3.4
- **Growth Percentile:** 57
- **Direction:** About average
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 0.2
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 2
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 3.2
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 3.3

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Ai Playbook

- **Trusted Task Count:** 19
- **Task Count:** 20
- **Total Sample:** 8479
- **Autonomy Median:** 3.5
- **Dominant Collaboration:** task iteration
- **Automation Share:** 31
- **Augmentation Share:** 65.23
- **Work Use Percent:** 34.53

### Collaboration

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| task iteration | 37.15 |
| directive | 29.87 |
| learning | 19.99 |
| validation | 8.09 |
| feedback loop | 1.13 |
| none | 0.9 |

### Use Case

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| coursework | 42.87 |
| work | 34.53 |
| personal | 21.58 |

### Delegated Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Collaboration | Autonomy Median | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. | 0.23662957869733714 | task iteration | 4 | 2366 |
| Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media. | 0.13881735216902114 | learning | 4 | 1388 |
| Provide professional consulting services to government or industry. | 0.12781597699712463 | task iteration | 4 | 1278 |
| Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. | 0.10571321415176896 | directive | 4 | 1057 |
| Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. | 0.059007375921990256 | task iteration | 4 | 590 |
| Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. | 0.03810476309538693 | directive | 4 | 381 |
| Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments. | 0.029103637954744344 | directive | 3 | 291 |
| Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. | 0.0257032129016127 | learning | 3 | 257 |

### Boundary Tasks

| Task | Human Needed Percent | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks. | 100 | 115 |
| Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. | 100 | 99 |
| Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues. | 100 | 80 |
| Participate in campus and community events. | 100 | 53 |
| Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. | 100 | 47 |
| Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues. | 100 | 35 |

### Seed Prompts

| Prompt | Collaboration |
| --- | --- |
| Let's work through this together, step by step: advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. I'll give feedback as we go. | task iteration |
| Teach me how to conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media, then check my work as I try it myself. | learning |
| Let's work through this together, step by step: provide professional consulting services to government or industry. I'll give feedback as we go. | task iteration |
| Do this for me: compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. Give me a finished draft I can review and adjust. | directive |
| Let's work through this together, step by step: plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. I'll give feedback as we go. | task iteration |
- **Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 23
- **Skills:** 39
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 20
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** fc38575e9ca83d4e