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April 15, 2014

School Teachers

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 26 v.12

       Main Types of Teachers

  1. master (1) |UK| |n| in infant school: teacher.
  2. master (2) |UK| |n| in secondary school: profesor.
  3. teacher |n| a person whose occupation is teaching.
  4. "A high school teacher."
  5. teacher governor |n| a teacher who has also been elected to his or her school's board of governors.
  6. substitute teacher |US| / supply teacher / teacher on call (T.O.C.) / relief teacher / casual teacher |UK| |n| is a person who teaches in a school class when the regular teacher is unavailable.



       Other Kinds of Teachers

  1. coach |n| someone who helps a person or team improve in a sport.
  2. "A professional tennis coach."
  3. demonstrator |n| teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught.
  4. "He works as a demonstrator in anatomy at Wolfson College."
  5. educator |US| |n| someone whose job involves teaching people, or someone who is an expert on education.
  6. "Most educators agree that class sizes are still too big."
  7. headteacher |UK| / principal / school principal / head |n| the teacher who is in charge of a school or college.
  8. "The teacher sent him to the principal's office."
  9. instructor (1) |n| a person whose job is to teach a practical skill.
  10. "An aerobics instructor."
  11. "A driving instructor."
  12. lecturer |n| somebody who teaches at a university or college.
  13. "University lecturers aren't very well paid."
  14. private teacher |n| one who teaches a single student or a very small group.
  15. "After graduating as a doctor, he worked as a private teacher for some years."
  16. tutor |n| someone who gives private lessons to one student or a small group of students.
  17. "They hired a tutor to help him with his English."
  18. "Your tutor will help you find a subject for your essay."
  19. trainer |n| someone who teaches people particular skills, especially the skills they need to do a job.
  20. "A teacher trainer."
  21. "Many companies pay outside trainers to teach management skills to their staff."
  22. school board |n| a group of people who are elected to make decisions about how to manage a school.
  23. "The members of the School Board in Doosnoswair being suspected of appointing female teachers for an improper consideration, the people elected a Board composed wholly of women."
  24. "But I must not allow questions of School Board politics to divert me from my subject."


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