What are the Department of Education's current 11 professional categories as of 2025?

1. What the provided pages actually show: portals and job notices, not a category list

The search results point to recruitment and careers pages — the Department of Education’s “Working at ED” page and USAJOBS search results — that guide job-seekers to vacancies and application processes rather than publishing a definitive set of “11 professional categories” ^{[1] [2]}. Other entries are third-party job-aggregators (Indeed, ZipRecruiter, GovernmentJobs) or specific agency career pages (DoDEA, OIG) that list job types or examples (e.g., teachers, principals, administrative staff) but do not present a standardized 11-category taxonomy for ED for 2025 ^{[4] [5] [6]}.

2. Why a single “11 categories” list might not appear in these sources

Federal hiring commonly uses job-series, occupational categories, or bureaus’ own role groupings; the Department of Education often posts openings by job title, series, or office and relies on USAJOBS filters rather than publishing a short canonical “11 professional categories” summary ^{[2] [1]}. The available Department press materials and workforce announcements focus on initiatives — pay, pathways, apprenticeships, retention bonuses — not a reclassification into eleven categories ^[3].

3. Related reporting that changes ED responsibilities but doesn’t give categories

News coverage in the results shows debate about reorganizing or shifting Education Department functions across agencies in 2025 — for example, reporting that some K–12 and higher-education management may be moved to the Department of Labor — but that item is about agency structure and policy, not about a specific hiring-category list ^[7]. That reporting underscores organizational flux that could make a static “11-category” listing unlikely or temporary ^[7].

4. Examples of occupations the sources do mention (but not as an 11-item official list)

Individual pages list job examples: DoDEA mentions positions such as educational aides, principals, assistant principals, ROTC instructors, and instructional specialists ^[4]; the ED press release mentions teacher-related categories and in-demand roles such as special education teachers, bus drivers, custodians and food service workers in the context of retention bonuses ^[3]. These demonstrate common role groupings but are not presented as an authoritative 11-category ED taxonomy ^{[4] [3]}.

5. How to get the exact “11 professional categories” if they exist

Because the search results here do not include an explicit list, the next step is to check authoritative, primary sources not in this query set: the Department of Education’s official human resources/classification pages, a recent ED staffing or organizational directive, or a USAJOBS filter page that may display “occupation categories” for ED postings (not found in current reporting) ^{[1] [2]}. If you have a specific ED document, announcement, or link that claims “11 professional categories,” provide it and I will analyze and cite it directly (available sources do not mention that document here).

6. Competing interpretations and limitations of these results

Some outlets and pages use different taxonomies: agency-specific recruitment pages (DoDEA, ED OIG) and job sites categorize roles differently, creating possible confusion if someone reports “11 categories” drawn from a particular sub-agency or internal HR system ^{[4] [5]}. The limitations: the provided search results do not include an ED-issued list of eleven categories, so any definitive answer would require sources beyond this set (available sources do not mention the full claimed list) ^{[1] [2]}.

If you want, I can (a) run a targeted search for an official ED classification document or HR policy page that might contain a numbered list, or (b) analyze a specific ED link or PDF you supply that claims the “11 professional categories.”