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Career Profile A weekly series devoted to providing information on career exploration
Education is an important part of life.
The amount and type of education that
individuals receive is a major influence on both
the types of jobs they are able to hold and their
earnings. Lifelong learning is important in
acquiring new knowledge and upgrading one’s
skills, particularly in this age of rapid
technological and economic changes. The
educational services industry includes a variety of
institutions that offer academic education, career
and technical instruction, and other education
and training to millions of students each year.
Careers In Education
The type of work
• Evaluate and grade students’ class work,
Quick Facts ? BUSINESS
In 2010, 70 percent of postsecondary
assignments, and papers.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to
teachers worked for colleges,
universities and professional schools and
TEACHERS,
undergraduate or graduate students on
topics such as financial accounting,
22 percent worked for junior colleges.
Many postsecondary teachers find their POSTSECONDARY
principles of marketing, and operations jobs rewarding because they are
management. surrounded by others who enjoy their
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate subject. The opportunity to share their Claudia Lubaski
classroom discussions. expertise with others also is appealing
Associate Professor, Accounting
to many. However, some postsecondary
• Prepare course materials such as syllabi, teachers must find a balance between Lorain County Community College
homework assignments, and handouts. teaching students and doing research 1005 Abbe Road North in Elyria, OH
• Compile, administer, and grade and publishing their findings. This can
examinations, or assign this work to be stressful, especially for beginning
Teach courses in business administration and
others. teachers seeking advancement in 4-year management, such as accounting, finance, human
research universities. College and resources, labor and industrial relations,
• Maintain student attendance records, marketing, and operations research. Includes both
grades, and other required records. university instructors usually have
flexibility in their work schedules, but teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, they may also devote time to their own who do a combination of teaching and research.
course content, and course materials and academic coursework and studies.
methods of instruction.
Q. How did you become interested in your particular field?
A. I enjoy financial matters, working with people and
EARNINGS (2010) POTENTIAL THE being involved with business. That led me to become an
accountant first, working in both public and corporate
Annual Earnings Potential
Low Median High FUTURE sectors. I began to realize that often times when meeting
with clients I was actually teaching them how to interpret a
financial statement and the meaning behind the numbers. I
United States............$35,400........$74,800.......$153,200
Ohio.........................$19,000........$62,100.......$136,000 OUTLOOK enjoyed the excitement when clients used this information
to grow and improve their businesses. The realization of
Cleve/Elyria/Mentor Employment of postsecondary teachers is how important understanding accounting is, made me want
OH MSA...................$33,100........$63,900.......$134,800 expected to grow by 17 percent from 2010 to 2020, to share my knowledge with as many people as I could. For
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about as fast as the average for all occupations. Growth me, this was the call to teach.
is expected as enrollments at postsecondary institutions
continue to rise. The number of people attending Q. How did you get to where you are today?
Pathways to success: postsecondary institutions is expected to grow from A. I started my career as an accounting clerk while working
2010 to 2020. These students will seek higher education on my associate degree from Lorain County Community
to gain the additional education and skills they need to College. I quickly realized how much I enjoyed accounting so
Educational requirements vary with the meet their career goals. As more people enter colleges
subject taught and the type of educational went on to earn a baccalaureate degree. It was soon after
and universities, more postsecondary teachers will be that I became a Certified Public Accountant. This certification
institution. Most commonly, postsecondary needed to serve these additional students. In 2010 opened many wonderful doors for me including a
teachers must have a Ph.D. However, a master’s there were approximately 1,756,000 individuals controllership and owning a CPA firm. I am a believer that
degree may be enough for some postsecondary employed as postsecondary teachers nationally, education and employment go hand in hand and continued
teachers at community colleges. In technical and while in Ohio, there were nearly 50,000 my education to earn a master degree. This again led to
trade schools, work experience may be important with a projected increase of 7%. opportunities for me including teaching. My teaching career
for getting a postsecondary teaching job. began by tutoring students. I became a part-time instructor
Postsecondary teachers who work for 4-year in 2001 and came full circle from student to educator at
colleges and universities are most often required Lorain County Community College when I was hired fulltime
to have a doctoral degree in their field. However, in 2007. Since then I have earned two more certifications,
some schools may hire those who have a Certified Managerial Accountant and Certified Fraud
master’s degree or those who are doctoral Examiner. My motivation for this was to stress to my students
the importance of credentialing in the accounting field and
degree candidates for some specialties, such as to set an example of lifelong learning and career growth.
fine arts, or for some part-time positions.
Two-year colleges or career and technical schools also may hire those with a master’s Q. What skills or certifications do you think are needed to
degree. However, in some fields, there are more applicants than available positions. In be successful in this field?
these situations, institutions can be more selective, and they frequently choose applicants A. First, believing in what you teach is paramount to being
who have a Ph.D. over those with a master’s degree. successful as an instructor. Your belief will translate into
passion and enthusiasm and that will keep your students
motivated. Second, if your subject matter is technical and
ever changing, as is accounting and taxation, your skills need
to be current. Completing CPE’s (Continuing Professional
Education) every year is a must. Third, receiving certifications
in your subject areas demonstrates to students the various
What Employers look for in individuals: paths a career can take. Fourth, being a team player with
good communication skills is important. The college
community reaches beyond the campus limits. Your students’
• Education and Training - principles • Customer and Personal Service - success requires forming partnerships with other institutions,
and methods for curriculum and principles and processes for employers and professional organizations especially as they
training design, teaching and providing customer and personal seek internships and employment.
instruction for individuals and
groups, and the measurement of
services. This includes customer
needs assessment, meeting quality Q. What is the best part of your job?
training effects. standards for services, and A. One of the best parts of my job is sharing the
evaluation of customer satisfaction. accounting profession with so many people. Not only do I
• Administration and Management - share the technical aspects of the work, but many new and
business and management principles • Psychology - human behavior and developing issues within the field. I try to guide students
involved in strategic planning, performance; individual differences down a path whether it is employment after successful
resource allocation, human resources in ability, personality, and interests; completion of an associate degree, or continuing their
modeling, leadership technique, learning and motivation; education and becoming certified. In addition, there are
production methods, and psychological research methods; and never two days that are alike. Each student is different; each
coordination of people and the assessment and treatment of semester is different and that makes it a very fun and
resources. behavioral and affective disorders. dynamic environment. Teaching allows me to be a lifelong
learner and innovative in the way I contextualize my subject
• Economics and Accounting - • Sociology and Anthropology - group matter. It gives me the opportunity to make students excited
economic and accounting principles behavior and dynamics, societal about their future and to explore their potential. Finally, but
and practices, the financial markets, trends and influences, human not least, one of the best parts of teaching is when a student
banking and the analysis and migrations, ethnicity, cultures and appears in your office after about three or four years and
reporting of financial data. their history and origins. says “thanks”.
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