Teachers possess a variety of transferable skills that are valuable in many professions: 1) Teachers are effective communicators who can write, present, and collaborate with others. 2) Teachers are leaders who mentor students, monitor progress, assess learning, and plan detailed lessons to meet expectations. 3) Teachers interact with many people by resolving conflicts, establishing communication, motivating, and troubleshooting problems for students, colleagues, and administrators.

1. Teaching Skills Murphree Transferable skills of classroom teachers.

2. Teachers have skills you need

3. Teachers write Write the newsletter or blog post Create a quick poster Send an e-mail, memo, letter Create a presentation on the spot Write sample questions Write a report When was the last time you needed someone to:

4. Teachers Collaborate Create themed units across subjects Invite experts to share Twitter across continents Share strategies Discuss theories Share success and failure The days of the schoolmarm are over, today teachers:

5. Teachers are leaders Mentoring 30 to 180 students everyday Monitoring progress Assessing learning Budgeting resources Planning in detail Meeting expectations Keeping records How many managers are responsible for:

6. Teachers are public speakers Speaks everyday 5 days a week Motivates the bored teen Can say the same thing 8 times in 8 different ways Can hold your attention for 6 straight hours Can present to supervisors, colleagues, and children Presets for visual, auditory, and tactile learners. What speaker do you know who:

7. Teachers Plan Plan to meet state standards Incorporating different learning styles Adjusting for multiple intelligences Differentiation for variations in ability Dropping the plan to capitalize on teachable moments When was the last time you planned a six hour day down to the very last minute:

8. Teachers Evaluate Each lesson each period of each day needs to be evaluated even when you've taught it a hundred times A student cannot wait until the end of the chapter to figure out he isn't getting it Interpreting results – each concept will have several sub skills Progress is monitored on a daily basis towards end of year goals NCLB requires one test a year, but teachers evaluate their teaching several times a day.

9. Teachers assess needs Create target goals Set priorities Design models Design the process Estimate cost Estimate time Write a grant Summer is 10 months away, how will you get there?

10. Teachers interact with everyone Resolve conflicts Establish communications Motivate Negotiate Answer questions Troubleshoot problems Personal Professional Academic How many people are required to:

11. Teachers are part of Web 2.0 Skype Web conference Word-Open Office-Google Docs Second Life Twitter Blogs Joomla Classrooms without budgets beta test everything

12. Creativity Try reteaching the same concept three times without boring the students who got it the first time. Try keeping a student's attention the first day the temperature rises above 60F Try teaching children to share 3 computers for 30 students We have been asked to do so much for so long with so little we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

13. Teachers have the skills you need to change the world