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.
Most important skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Active Learning
Key knowledge
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Customer and Personal Service
- Psychology
- Administration and Management
- Mathematics
- Computers and Electronics
- Administrative
What the work involves
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, projects, assignments, and papers.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as food science, nutrition, and child care.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Investigative, Artistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Doctoral Degree (48% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (30.9%)
- On-the-job training
- None or short demonstration (28.1%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 5: Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 81% of occupations compared | 75% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Higher on dealing with the public than 58% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 60% of occupations compared | 65% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 77% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 65% of occupations compared | 61% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 61% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 81% of occupations compared | 66% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 93% of occupations compared | 42% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very low
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 25.09%
- Constant contact with others: 74.91%
n = 29, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0.44%
- Fairly important: 22.02%
- Important: 15.27%
- Very important: 38.41%
- Extremely important: 23.86%
n = 28, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 23.54%
- Important: 3.81%
- Very important: 7.95%
- Extremely important: 64.7%
n = 28, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 11.29%
- Some freedom: 32.45%
- A lot of freedom: 56.25%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 17.2%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 60.84%
- Every day: 21.96%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 5.98%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 36.06%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 43.24%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 14.72%
- Every day: 0%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 4.37%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 65.71%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 27.28%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 2.63%
- Every day: 0%
n = 29, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 42.08%
- Fairly serious: 26.46%
- Serious: 27.48%
- Very serious: 2.76%
- Extremely serious: 1.22%
n = 28, Incumbent 08/2019
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