Jobs / Education and social services / 25-1192.00
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- US jobs
- 2,770
- Median wage
- $75,870 a year
- Job family
- Education and social services
Can agents do the work of family and consumer sciences teachers, postsecondary?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Education and social services:
- Task levelUnexploredNo task-level benchmark in our collection tests teaching, counseling, or casework.
- Project levelPartialThin, adjacent evidence only. GDPval, which spans 44 occupations, is the one benchmark in our collection mapped here. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all GDPval occupations. No benchmark tests work with students or clients.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in education and social services, not always this occupation's tasks.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, projects, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as food science, nutrition, and child care.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.
Other job titles for this occupation (32)
Assistant Professor · Associate Professor · Child Development Instructor · Dietetics Professor · Family and Consumer Sciences Professor (FCS Professor) · Food and Nutrition Professor · Human Development Professor · Instructor · Lecturer · Professor · Adjunct Instructor · Adjunct Professor · Chef Instructor · Clothing and Textiles Teacher · College Faculty Member · College Professor · Cooking Teacher · Family Consumer Science Teacher (FCS Teacher) · Family Resource Management Professor · Food and Nutrition Instructor · Food and Nutrition Teacher · Home and Family Living Professor · Home Economics Professor · Home Economics Teacher · Nutrition Faculty Member · Nutrition Instructor · Nutrition Program Instructor · Sewing Teacher · Tailoring Teacher · Textiles and Clothing Teacher · University Faculty Member · Weaving Professor