Education

For information about the institutes that children and teens attend, see School.

The Education career track is available in The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims 2: Seasons and The Sims 3: Ambitions.

The Sims

Level	Name	Description	Pay	Hours	Skills Required	Friends Required
1	Playground Monitor	While you won't exactly be molding the minds of tomorrow, at least you can control them on the playground. The kids are a pain and the hours are early, but at least the pay is half-way decent.	§120	07:00 - 13:00	None	0
2	Substitute Teacher	Your ability to control unruly children on the playground has not gone unnoticed. Now let's see how you do in the classroom. You'll need to teach craft classes and help with lunchtime snacks, so remember to work on the appropriate skills.	§180	07:00 - 13:00	None	0
3	Kindergarten Teacher	You're a whiz with the kids! Now try and impress the principal and the parents with your mental and verbal acrobatics. With a bit of luck, you won't have to deal with little snot-nosed brats much longer	§190	07:00 - 13:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 1	1
4	Junior High School Teacher	Finally, you can come in a bit later and the kids are more mature, but you're still a glorified baby sitter with a salary to match. Union leaders are watching you now, so put on your thinking cap, play along with their so-called "educational reform," and you'll go far.	§210	08:00 - 15:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 1 Charisma: 1 Logic: 1	2
5	High School Teacher	The last teacher in your position quit in disgust…can you take the heat? Know-it-all teens can be a "challenge," when they aren't ditching class that is, and you'll be forced to teach everything from algebra to art classes, so be prepared.	§290	08:00 - 15:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 2 Charisma: 2 Logic: 3	2
6	Principal	Can you believe they promoted you? Now you know what "education" is all about - knowing the right people, and charming their pants off. Sure, you need to be smart… be just smarter than high school teachers, which isn't hard.	§310	08:00 - 15:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 3 Charisma: 3 Logic: 5	3
7	Assistant Professor	Say goodbye to state-run squalor, and say HELLO to your new cushy college career! Learn while you teach and teach what you learn! Come to work at a normal hour! Think outside the box…but only within the school's charter.	§490	09:00 - 18:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 5 Charisma: 4 Logic: 6	4
8	Tenured Professor	Tenure - as long as you show up, you'll never get fired. Pretty good for an ex-playground monitor, but if you're truly ambitious, keep researching that "illogical creative rationality" theory. Some day the world will listen.	§600	09:00 - 17:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 7 Charisma: 6 Logic: 8	5
9	College Dean	The regents have determined your strength lies in management instead. But getting kicked upstairs isn't always career death. With your friends and brow in high places, you just might get the right strings pulled.	§700	09:00 - 15:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 9 Charisma: 6 Logic: 9	7
10	Minister of Education	Now it's time for a little "schooling!" But we're not talking about educating the masses…With your new powers, you can restructure the Teachers' Union, fire old rivals, grant and revoke scholarships and edit textbooks at your whim! That'll teach 'em!	§900	10:00 - 17:00	Cooking: 1 Creativity: 10 Charisma: 6 Logic: 10	9

The Minister of Education will eventually change careers and become a President in the Business career track.

The Sims 2

The Career reward is Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education that allows Sims to study all skills.

Adult Promotion Levels

Level	Name	Description	Days Off	Hours	Pay	Promotional Bonus	Skills Required	Friends Required
1	Playground Monitor	Before you rule the classroom, you'll have to rule the playground. Nosebleeds and ouchies are par for the course. Enthusiasm and care will win the day.	S M T W T F S	8:00 - 15:00	§215	N/A	None	0
2	Teacher's Aide	Teaching is a stressful job that requires a lot of grunt work, and you're just the grunt to do it. Clean erasers and filled glue bottles will take you right to the top.	S M T W T F S	8:00 - 15:00	§316	§632	Charisma: 1 Cleaning: 1	1
3	Substitute Teacher	Writing your name in chalk and dodging spitballs with ease are two skills at the top of your resume. Patience will determine how well you do.	S M T W T F S	8:00 - 15:00	§452	§904	Charisma: 2 Cleaning: 2	3
4	Elementary School Teacher	From art and crafts to mathematics, you fill your students' heads with worldly knowledge. Just make sure they don't fill their ears with glue. Interesting job...	S M T W T F S	8:00 - 15:00	§642	§1,284	Charisma:3 Logic: 2 Cleaning: 3	5
5	High School Teacher	You're that cool teacher that all the students seem to like, but your popularity alone won't prepare them for college. Their success is your success, so keep them inspired.	S M T W T F S	9:00-15:00	§754	§1,508	Charisma: 4 Logic: 4 Cleaning: 4	7
6	University Guest Lecturer	You can condense a lifetime of study into an hour-long lecture, but that won't mean anything if they fall asleep. You'll need to be witty and charismatic to succeed.	S M T W T F S	11:00-17:00	§1,560	§3,120	Charisma: 5 Logic: 5 Cleaning: 5	7
7	High School Principal	The school's success depends on your administrative skills. Keep the faculty and students happy and you'll climb the ranks.	S M T W T F S	9:00-16:00	§1,640	§3,280	Charisma: 6 Logic: 6 Cleaning: 6	8
8	College Senior Professor	Your position gives you the kind of credentials you need to tell people that you're smart. Stay on top of your research but don't forget about your classes.	S M T W T F S	10:00 - 17:00	§1,982	§3,964	Charisma: 6 Logic: 7 Cleaning: 6	9
9	College Dean of Students	Every catastrophe on campus comes your way, but that's what makes the job exciting. You'll need to hone your problem solving skills to keep everything in order.	S M T W T F S	11:00-17:00	§2,430	§4,860	Charisma: 7 Logic: 8 Cleaning: 8	11
10	Education Minister	You finally have the power to make changes to the educational system. Choose wisely and work toward a better educated society.	S M T W T F S	10:00-16:00	§3,450	§6,900	Charisma: 8 Logic: 10 Cleaning: 9	13

Teen/Elder Promotion Levels

Level	Name	Description	Days Off	Hours	Pay	Promotional Bonus	Skills Required	Friends Required
1	Playground Monitor	Before you rule the classroom, you'll have to rule the playground. Nosebleeds and ouchies are par for the course. Enthusiasm and care will win the day.	S M T W T F S	15:00 - 18:00	§64/day	N/A	None	0
2	Teacher's Aide	Teaching is a stressful job that requires a lot of grunt work, and you're just the grunt to do it. Clean erasers and filled glue bottles will take you right to the top.	S M T W T F S	15:00 - 19:00	§86/day	§172	Cleaning: 1	1
3	Substitute Teacher	Writing your name in chalk and dodging spitballs with ease are two skills at the top of your resume. Patience will determine how well you do.	S M T W T F S	15:00 - 18:00	§116/day	§232	Charisma: 1 Cleaning: 2	2

The Sims 3

The Education career is the only new career in The Sims 3: Ambitions that follows the old career track format. To advance in education, Sims must build both charisma and logic. At higher levels, teachers will also be expected to hold lectures, which will earn them extra cash. At level 10, Sims unlock the ability "Give Amazing Lecture", which gives all who listen a positive moodlet.

Level	Name	Description	Work Time	Compensation	Performance Factors	Perks (cumulative)
1	Playground monitor	As a Playground Monitor you have an important job observing recess and saving the pupils from sticky slides and painful bruises after ill-fated games of tag. Grab your clipboard and your whistle and prepare for some outdoor fun!	Days Off Saturday, Sunday Hours 8:00am- 2:00pm	Pay §20/hour Promotional Bonus none Pension §???	Skills none Other none	none
2	Teachers aide	When the other teachers need help grading papers and erasing chalkboards they turn to you. You are well liked by the school staff because of your calm demeanor, punctuality, and reliable nature. Just remember to keep your hall passes locked away or you'll be the one staying after school for detention.	Days Off Saturday, Sunday Hours 8:00am-2:00pm	Pay §$24/hr./hour Promotional Bonus {{{bonus}}} Pension §???	Skills none. Other none	none.
3	Substitute teacher	Got the flu? Not you! When the faculty is out for a bout, they rely on you to take over. Keep up the hard work and you might have your own classroom one day. But stay away from the cafeteria's 'Meat Pie Surprise' or you'll need a substitute teacher too.	Days Off Saturday, Sunday Hours {{{hours}}}	Pay §$29/hour/hour Promotional Bonus $288 Pension §???	Skills Charisma Other {{{opf}}}
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External Links

• About.com "The Sims" Education Career Track
• The Sims Zone (UK) Education
• Interview with Grant Rodiek, EA Associate Producer von Die Sims 3 Traumkarrieren