Also called: Online Teacher, Cyber School Teacher
Teaches K-12 students who attend a full-time online public or charter school.
Virtual teachers run live video lessons, grade work in an online platform, and call families when a student stops logging in. Many work from home and may teach students spread across an entire state.
Estimate; often a bit lower than brick-and-mortar teacher pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's degree and a state teaching license.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Education, Any teaching subject.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years). Tracks overall teacher growth; online enrollment has stayed above pre-2020 levels.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI tutors and auto-grading may let each online teacher serve more students; live video teaching and family outreach stay human.
Classes: AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-2031.
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