Careers in elementary education
Potential employers
- adoption agencies
- boards of education
- bookstores
- camps
- consulting firms
- day care centers
- educational publishers
- federal government agencies
- group homes
- learning centers
- mental health clinics
- Montessori elementary schools
- nonprofit organizations
- private elementary schools
- private middle schools
- public elementary schools
- public middle schools
- social service agencies
- staffing agencies
- state and local government
- test-preparation companies
- United Way agencies
- VISTA
- YMCA/YWCA
Career opportunities
- camp director
- child advocate
- child development specialist
- consulting
- customer service
- daycare center director
- daycare center owner
- daycare teacher
- fundraising
- head start teacher
- human resources
- instructional coordinator
- manager
- nanny
- para-educator
- para-professional
- preschool teacher
- professional tutor
- program coordinator
- programming
- public relations
- publishing
- sales
- social worker technician
- training and development
- writer/author
Career opportunities with an advanced or graduate degree
- administrator
- child psychologist*
- counselor*
- curriculum supervisor
- librarian
- principal*
- professor
- researcher
- school psychologist*
- school social worker*
- special education teacher*
- speech/language pathologist
- superintendent*
- teacher (K-6)*
- therapist
*These positions require licensure. For more information see
the following: