Transitioning from Elementary School to High School is an enormous step. You have to learn new technology programs and academic levels for the grade levels you are teaching or will be teaching throughout the school year. You have to learn and apply as well as incorporate different teaching strategies. High School students work with their guidance counselors in planning and taking required courses and electives to meet requirements for graduation. In elementary school children take subjects that are taught as a curriculum in their grade level. Elementary students do not have an option in selecting classes or subjects for the quarter.