School Districts Bald Eagle Mifflin County Bellefonte Millville Benton Milton Berwick Montgomery Bloomsburg Montoursville Central Columbia Mount Carmel Danville Muncy East Lycoming Penns Valley Jersey Shore Selinsgrove Juniata County Shamokin Keystone Central Shikellamy Lewisburg Southern Columbia Line Mountain South Williamsport Loyalsock Township State College Midd-West Warrior Run Mifflinburg Williamsport See the Department of Education website at www.pde.state.pa.us for more information on these school districts.

Post Secondary Institutions Bloomsburg University www.bloomu.edu Bucknell University www.bucknell.edu Lock Haven University www.lhup.edu Lycoming College www.lycoming.edu Penn College www.pct.edu Pennsylvania State University www.psu.edu Susquehanna University www.susqu.edu   Trade and Technical Schools McCann School of Business and Technology www.mccannschool.com South Hills School of Business and Technology, Lewistown Campus   www.southhills.edu Central Susquehanna LPN Career Center   www.csiu.org/lpn Triangle Tech   www.triangle-tech.com SUN Area Career and Technology Center www.sun-tech.org

 

Over 42,000 people are employed in the education industry.  So where do they work?

*Source: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis and compiled by CPWDC.
 

What are some benefits of working in education?

• Job security – Direct educational services cannot move off-shore.
• Personal satisfaction of helping others – Every day you have the opportunity to influence the lives and futures of others.
• Family sustaining wages – The average wage in the education industry is over $35,000 per year.
   

So you want to be a teacher?
Pennsylvania has an excellent reputation of training highly qualified teachers to fill statewide and national demand.  There are more than 850 providers of educational services in Pennsylvania's Heartland. Currently there are over 6,000 elementary and secondary teachers working in Pennsylvania’s Heartland. So will there be jobs?

The Center for Workforce Information and Analysis projects employment growth in teaching professions for Pennsylvania Heartlands between 2000 and 2010.  The regional growth is expected to outpace statewide growth in the same occupations.

	Percent Change (2000 – 2010)	Total Number of Annual Job Openings	Greatest Needs
Post Secondary Teachers	23%	456	Engineering Graduate Assistants Business Biology Math
Primary & Secondary Teachers	20%	242	Elementary Secondary Middle School Pre-School Special Education

*Source: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis and compiled by CPWDC.

The demand for teachers will be influenced by early retirement, natural attrition, class size reductions and student enrollment. 

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, a beginning teacher earns approximately $31,866 and the average salary among all teachers is $50,599 across Pennsylvania.
 

The education industry needs more than just teachers. 
Curious about some of the other opportunities?

Education Career	Minimum Education Required	Average Salary
School Bus Driver	Short-Term On-the-Job Training	$20,478
Custodial Workers	Short-Term On-the-Job Training	$19021
Teacher Aides	Short-Term On-the-Job Training	$21,894
Child Care Workers	Dependent upon employer	$14,634
Secretaries	Moderate-Term On-the-Job Training	$20,621
Maintenance Repairers	Long-Term On-the-Job Training	$26,859
Cafeteria Cooks	Long-Term On-the-Job Training	$18,148
Registered Nurses	Associate Degree	$42,314
Librarians	Advanced Degree	$47,790
Vocational Counselors	Advanced Degree	$45,460

*Source: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis and compiled by CPWDC.

 

Check out these resources for more information on education careers.

National Education Association
www.nea.org

Pennsylvania Department of Education
www.pde.state.pa.us

National Occupational Outlook Handbook 2002-2003
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm