https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/these-will-be-the-most-in-demand-jobs-in-2030-according_us_5a3a7f21e4b0d86c803c6dc9?utm_hp_ref=careers
Above is a link to a HuffPost article that highlights the top 5 anticipated jobs that will be the most in-demand by 2030. It recognizes that we’re leaning towards a future that’s more automated, meaning robots can potentially take over some of our professions one day. We’re already seeing a glimpse of this kind of future through robots entering the e-commerce field, particularly in warehouses and distribution centers.
Teacher According to LinkedIn’s Carolyn Fairchild, who analyzed a study by The McKinsey Global Institute, by the year 2030, “doing jobs that require human interaction (teachers) will become more in demand while… work that requires processing data (accountants) will fall by the wayside.”
I personally think it’s great that society will finally start appreciating and valuing teachers. On the other hand, this calls for strengthening teacher preparation programs. You’d be shocked to know what the minimum GPA requirement is for a lot of education colleges across the country. For the top-caliber kind of educators that this country wants to produce, it sure isn’t setting standards as high as they should.
The current blue collar work organization model dates back to the 20th century when the social context was drastically different. As Marc Tucker stated, “A model in which teachers were expected to come from the lower ranks of high school graduates, to be educated in the lowest status higher education institutions, who were paid poorly, all of whom did the same job and had no career to look forward to, who were not rewarded at all for getting better at their work but simply for their time in service, while others, not them, were expected to figure out how to improve student performance–a model like that could never accomplish what now had to be done.” One tangible example that paints a picture of this is the teacher salary scale. In the public school system, you receive a minimal incremental increase in your salary with every school year you complete. The obvious downfall of this system is that poor quality teachers who have taught for many years can be getting paid big bucks simply because they’ve been in the industry for a long time (tenure and unions). We have to realize that education is a field that changes very rapidly. What teaching requires and entails nowadays is not the same as even ten years ago. Education is highly progressive.
