Working in adult education can be a rewarding experience as it gives graduates the chance to help people move on to better things in life. Dr David Mitchell, an adult education expert who teaches mature students in high school completion programs and general education, told ocolympian.com that he enjoys the satisfaction of helping to put people in a "much better position to succeed". Fellow educator Jennifer Venegoni added the thing she enjoys most about the career is seeing adult students progress beyond their initial courses and take on more qualifications. The site said she always encourages her pupils to "keep learning and growing". According to educator Elaine Williams-Bryant, working in adult education relies on presenting students with real-life situations they can understand and relate to academic concepts. "We equip them for the future," she said. The US Department of Labor said adult education careers typically involve teaching subjects such as mathematics, languages, history, reading, writing and science. In 2006, there were 76,000 adult educators working in the US and employment is expected to grow by 14% in the 10 years to 2016, mainly due to the retirement of existing educators.  |