Educators are trainers. They take a body of information, then design and implement procedures to make sure that those in their classes absorb that information. In addition, they teach people to think for themselves and to develop the skills necessary to learn on their own. Educators are motivators. They instill a desire in their students to take an interest in a subject, and to work hard at mastering it.
Educators are administrators.
Just to be minimally effective requires careful planning of course content, materials to be used, pace of learning, and the optimum mix of role play, testing, lectures, drills and many other factors. Educators are good at time control. Educators are people who must learn to control and use their own time wisely. The classroom hours may seem structured, but all that they do in preparation, monitoring and creation of new approaches is performed in an unsupervised environment. This means that they have to set up the structure themselves and maintain the discipline required to keep at it.