Visiting teacher vs visiting professor

The differences between visiting teachers and visiting professors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a visiting professor has an average salary of $116,217, which is higher than the $42,711 average annual salary of a visiting teacher.

The top three skills for a visiting teacher include classroom management, child development and community resources. The most important skills for a visiting professor are course content, student learning, and professional development.

Visiting teacher vs visiting professor overview

	Visiting Teacher	Visiting Professor
Yearly salary	$42,711	$116,217
Hourly rate	$20.53	$55.87
Growth rate	4%	12%
Number of jobs	54,068	27,139
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	42	46
Years of experience	-	2

Visiting teacher vs visiting professor salary

Visiting teachers and visiting professors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Visiting Teacher	Visiting Professor
Average salary	$42,711	$116,217
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $86,000	Between $56,000 And $241,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	UMiami Health System
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between visiting teacher and visiting professor education

There are a few differences between a visiting teacher and a visiting professor in terms of educational background:

	Visiting Teacher	Visiting Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Elementary Education	Nursing
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Texas at Austin

Visiting teacher vs visiting professor demographics

Here are the differences between visiting teachers' and visiting professors' demographics:

	Visiting Teacher	Visiting Professor
Average age	42	46
Gender ratio	Male, 28.2% Female, 71.8%	Male, 60.3% Female, 39.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 8.2% White, 59.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 6.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 13.9% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	11%	16%

Differences between visiting teacher and visiting professor duties and responsibilities

Visiting teacher example responsibilities.

Lead debates with advance students on topics including globalization, economics, and political history.
Instruct students in subjects at the high school level including English, mathematics and social studies.
Design and execute lessons on prosody, literature, and poetry through guide readings and exercises.
Challenge students to master basic math concepts through implementation of manipulative graphing, and charting exercises that develop problem-solving skills.
Provide support facilitation for ESE students; maintain confidential legal documents; prepare documents for MRT meetings.
Work closely with all team teachers to make the transition for ESOL student into general education classes.

Visiting professor example responsibilities.

Used blackboard online to manage students tests, grade papers and assign materials.
Teach various humanities, sociology, communications and ethics courses.
Design and teach a graduate seminar.
Graduate seminar in post-1945 art theory and criticism
Develop educational resources that supplement core BSN courses.
Review professor's syllabus and acquire full knowledge of his semester coursework in a short turnaround time.

Visiting teacher vs visiting professor skills

Common visiting teacher skills

Classroom Management, 35%
Child Development, 17%
Community Resources, 10%
K-8, 6%
Local Agencies, 6%
Mathematics, 4%

Common visiting professor skills

Course Content, 11%
Student Learning, 10%
Professional Development, 8%
Philosophy, 7%
Health Assessments, 5%
Economics, 4%

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