Forestry / Conservation Science Teacher / Postsecondary

Teach courses in forestry and conservation science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Conservation Biology Professor; Extension Professor; Forest Technology Professor; Forestry Professor; Lecturer; Natural Resources Professor; Professor; Research Professor

Tasks

• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics, such as forest resource policy, forest pathology, and mapping.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Supervise students' laboratory or field work.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in books, professional journals, or electronic media.

Knowledge

• Education and Training
• English Language
• Mathematics
• Biology
• Computers and Electronics
• Geography
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Administration and Management
• Administrative

Skills

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Learning Strategies
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Active Learning
• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring
• Science
• Mathematics

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Speech Recognition
• Problem Sensitivity
• Near Vision
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Fluency of Ideas
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Originality