As the trend toward government decentralisation continues, the spotlight is growing brighter on state legislators, who put new laws on the books and influence action on issues from welfare reform to capital punishment. Though salaries are pretty low, it makes up for in opportunity. Special education boasts one of the strongest growth forecasts by 2005. And in India, this field is already expanding with more schools employing counsellors and remedial teachers, countrywide. As kids with physical or emotional problem stay in school longer, the demand for special education teachers at the university level grows.
Ambitious teachers can take the next step into administrative jobs, where pay and status are higher.
Even when the money isn t tip-top, teachers are afforded some enviable perks. If you have an electronic item at home with an instruction manual, which you are trying to decipher, then there you have the technical writer. She is the person who transforms the hi-fi jargon of the technical word into a piece of text, which everybody can read. And this job seems to be on a rapid rise abroad. More and more, they re also performance consultants, offering strategies to improve department productivity.