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What interests you?

  • Teaching and training others
  • Planning and organizing activities
  • Taking care of others
  • Working as a camp counselor
  • Helping people make decisions about classes, goals, and careers
  • Creating new way to learn
  • teacher pours paint into palette for childrens art project
  • sharpened colored pencils arranged in a bright circle
  • preschooler has a rainbow selection of play dough to play with
  • colorful felt cutout letters on a black felt board
  • two young preschool friends hold hands while crossing a bridge
  • two young kindergarteners work on writing letters
  • children learning
  • six year old walking down gravel path wearing backpack
  • yound child holds paint-covered hands in front of face
  • professor points to hand drawn chart on the white board
  • professor writes on white board in front of college class
  • stack of books, an apple, and colored pencils in a cup

Check out these careers:

teacher assistant sits next to child outside
Teacher’s Assistants
annual salary range
$24,640 - $48,330
speech language pathology assistant works with young child
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
annual salary range
$30,950 - $61,920
special education teachers plays blocks with two students
Preschool Teachers
annual salary range
$30,140-75,980
counselor meets with teen student
Counselors or Administrators
annual salary range
$30,170 - $97,020
preschool children enjoy snack
Administrators, Preschool and Childcare Center
annual salary range
$37,610 - $62,500
child, family and school social worker leads discussion with six 12 year olds
Child, Family and School Social Workers
annual salary range
$35,010 - $93,290

Explore

Do you...

  • Encourage students to learn
  • Like to be compassionate
  • Visit libraries and museums
  • Convey information effectively

Gain Some Experience

  • Volunteer as a camp counselor
  • Join an organization like Big Brothers/Big Sisters
  • Interview a teacher
  • Volunteer for a literacy program
  • Create a reading buddy program
  • Join Future Teachers of America (FTA)
  • Work as a library aide
  • Coach a sports team
  • Tutor a family member or neighbor
  • Work as a teacher assistant in an elementary or high school
  • Volunteer with the Girl/Boy Scouts
  • Teach a lesson as a team
  • Visit a college campus
daycare teacher holds smiling toddler girl
young child with glasses lays on floor reading book
boy with down syndrome is clapping after finishing task with teacher
teacher stands in front of her kindergarten classroom
college professor holding microphone addresses large lecture hall
three third graders doing class work at their desks

School

Related Programs at Local Colleges

Check out the Los Angeles Community College degree and certificate program finder to search for programs relevant to your interests nearby.

Work

Career Interviews

Let’s find out what people working in the careers you want to explore have to say. Download the Career Interview worksheet (PDF).