Also called: Native Language Teacher
Helps communities bring back endangered languages—especially Native American languages.
Teaches a Lakota immersion class to kids, records elders for an app, and creates lesson materials in the language.
Estimate; tribal and nonprofit 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. Community fluency matters most; degrees in linguistics or education help.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 4-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Linguistics, American Indian Studies, Education.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. Apps help practice, but teaching an endangered language to kids and recording elders stay community work.
Classes: A heritage or tribal language if offered, Child development class, AP English Language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-3099.
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