The Sims 3 Ambitions Guide Walkthrough Traditional Careers

Educator (New Career)

Fewer pursuits are more noble than the education of the young. In the new Educator career, Sims start off as your basic under-appreciated teacher.

However, hard work at both home and school generates success. Diligence leads to promotions that eventually install your Sim as District Superintendent, ready to oversee all schools in the community.

Work Location: Community School for the Gifted (Sunset Valley), Truelong Community School (Riverview), Stary Community School (Twinbrook)

How Hired: Report to school, answer computer ad, answer newspaper ad

Work Week: The Educator maintains hours similar to a normal school week. However, at the upper levels of the career, the work day is shortened by an hour or two.

Salary Progression: As you might imagine, this career pays very little at first. And even at the higher promotion level, it is still not a huge money-maker. But Educators can earn extra Simoleons by giving lectures.

Educator - Career

Level	Position	Work Days	Start Time	Length of Day	Average Daily Pay	Pension Pay	Metrics for Promotion
1	Playground Monitor	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	120	30	Mood
2	Teacher's Aide	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	144	40	Mood
3	Substitute Teacher	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	173	50	Mood, Charisma
4	Elementary School Teacher	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	208	50	Mood, Logic, Charisma
5	Middle School Teacher	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	7	250	60	Mood, Logic, Charisma
6	High School Teacher	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	7	300	80	Mood, Logic, Charisma, Lectures Given
7	Department Head	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	7	450	110	Mood, Logic, Charisma, Lectures Given
8	Assistant Principal	M,T,W,Th	8:00AM	6	675	130	Mood, Logic, Charisma, Lectures Given
9	Principal	M,T,W,Th	8:00AM	6	1,103	200	Mood, Logic, Charisma, Lectures Given
10	District Super Intendant	M,T,Th	8:00AM	3	1,621	240	Mood, Logic, Charisma, Lectures Given

Educator Tones

Tones	Description
Business as Usual	Do just enough work so as not to get stressed
Work Hard	Work hard to increase performance but adds stress
Meet co-workers	Meet co-workers
Hang with co-workers	Build relationships with co-workers
Grade Boss' Papers	Build relationships with boss
Give Extra Lecture	Deliver lecture that results in extra performance and simoleon bonuses

Benefits and Rewards

The Educator career begins as many do. Sims can either report to the local school or apply for the position through the newspaper or via computer. Once accepted, the Sim is given the position of Playground Monitor.

At this point in the career, the only metric for promotion is mood. Coming to school with a smile on your face results in advancement.

Do things the night before that put your Sim in a long-lasting good mood, such as going to see a movie or concert. (Unless there is another Sim in the household, the early stages of the Educator career don't pay well enough to enjoy the benefits of spa treatments.)

However, do not wait to start developing the Charisma skill, because it is a metric for the third level of the career: Substitute Teacher.

By the time your Sim achieves the Elementary School promotion, the Logic skill metric is introduced. Now, the constant development of Logic is important to continue climbing the career ladder.

Using a chess set at the local park is a good way to start building this skill without a big expenditure.

Attending a Logic class over a weekend (the normal days off for an Educator) or curling up with one of the Logic books from the local bookseller are also good ways to keep this metric on track and growing throughout the career.

At the sixth level of the career, High School Teacher, Educators get a new tone: Give Lecture. This tone is limited to specific hours (listed on-screen during available days) but has two extra effects.

One, the number of lectures given is kept track of because it is a metric for all future promotions. Two, it pays well. Giving lectures, though, can take time away from time spent with other tones and pursuits, so be mindful of this.

Finally, once you reach the top of the career—District Superintendent—you get a brand new action you can perform around town: Give Great Lecture.

This is very similar to the Give Inspirational Speech action/reward within the Political career. Use it in one-on-one conversations or in groups. Either way, it results in the Heard Great Lecture moodlet boost for all within earshot.