Education and Teaching Degrees

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Distinguished professor

University professors hold advanced degrees, usually a PhD, or an MFA, if they work in the arts. Though they are experts in their respective fields, their work as scholars never stops. Professors are responsible for constantly expanding the limits of their knowledge. University professors teach college-level... see more courses in their field. It's normal for them to teach three different courses per semester. University professors must conduct original research in their respective fields, publish the results in scholarly journals, and present it at peer conferences. Professors must stay abreast of developments in their field. They read scholarly journals and attend professional conferences to do so. They also sit on hiring, education, technology, ethics and other department and college-wide committees. Most institutions expect professors to participate in the wider community as consultants, club and committee members, content experts and speaker.

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ESL Teacher

English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers teach English to students whose primary or native language is not English. Schools are required by Education laws to offer ELS instruction in the classroom to every student whose mother tongue is not English. ESL teachers train students to ensure that they... see more acquire both written and spoken skills in English. Unlike foreign language teachers ESL teachers have to deal with a class of students who do not necessarily share a common language. Thus the teacher cannot provide instruction in any one language. Often ESL teachers are forced to explain things through gestures pictures and demonstrations. The task of ESL teachers is to help learners achieve the same proficiency in English that native speakers of the language enjoy.