Careers in Elementary Education

Potential types of 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

Common job titles related to Elementary Education

Find out more about these occupations, including salaries.

  • camp director
  • child advocate
  • child development specialist
  • consulting
  • customer service representative
  • daycare center director
  • daycare center owner
  • daycare teacher
  • fundraiser
  • head start teacher
  • instructional coordinator
  • manager
  • nanny
  • para-educator
  • para-professional
  • preschool teacher
  • professional tutor
  • program coordinator
  • programming specialist
  • public relations specialist
  • sales representative
  • social worker technician
  • training and development specialist
  • writer/author

Career opportunities with an advanced or graduate degree

Several of these positions require licensure. Learn more about teacher preparation; school counseling, special education and educational administration.

  • 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

* licensure and/or certification required

Specific job titles of recent alumni

  • After School Programming Coordinator
  • Classroom Teacher
  • Community Administrator
  • Content Manager, Learning and Development
  • Teaching Assistant

Specific employers of recent alumni

  • Best Buy
  • Lakeshore Learning
  • Minneapolis Public Schools
  • Osseo Area Public Schools
  • St Paul Public Schools
  • Teachers on Call
  • University of Minnesota