Self-Enrichment Teachers
Teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.
Most important skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
Key knowledge
- Education and Training
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Computers and Electronics
- Psychology
- Mathematics
- Foreign Language
What the work involves
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Monitor students' performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.
- Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
- Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Enforce policies and rules governing students.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Artistic, Enterprising.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Master's Degree (34.7% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (48.5%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (47.4%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Self-Enrichment Teachers 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 | 77% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Lower on dealing with the public than 57% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 80% of occupations compared | 48% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 95% of occupations compared | 79% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very low | Lower on time pressure than 97% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 90% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 87% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 96% of occupations compared | 57% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very low
- Conflict situations: very 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: 0.71%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 22.7%
- Constant contact with others: 76.59%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 10.66%
- Fairly important: 24.14%
- Important: 28.49%
- Very important: 4.09%
- Extremely important: 32.62%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0.3%
- Fairly important: 13.56%
- Important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very important: 0.37%
- Extremely important: 48.11%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 0.55%
- Some freedom: 20.24%
- A lot of freedom: 79.2%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: 9.01%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 28.06%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 44.56%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 14.31%
- Every day: 4.06%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 22.72%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 42.58%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 33.45%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 0.78%
- Every day: 0.48%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 19.07%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 55.67%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 15.36%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 9.42%
- Every day: 0.48%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 56.8%
- Fairly serious: 19.37%
- Serious: 10.21%
- Very serious: 9.93%
- Extremely serious: 3.69%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2019
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