Field note
Teaching as a cluster
Teaching rarely sits alone. It is usually a bridge with a subject on the other side.
On these maps, teaching is the station that turns a private interest into a public one. Ceramics becomes a studio class. Geography becomes a period in a school day. History becomes a label, a tour, a curriculum. The career list is full of this pattern because the pattern is real: educator, interpreter, nurse educator, outdoor educator, coach.
The bridge can be a trap if you like the subject and only tolerate the room. Ask which part of teaching you mean. Explaining to one interested adult is a different job from holding a class of thirty, which is a different job from designing a course you will not teach. Learning design, museum education, and tutoring split those hours apart.
If teaching is on your chart, look at the station on the other end of the line. That pair is more informative than the word teacher.