Preschool Teachers
Also called:
Teacher, Preschool Teacher, Pre-Kindergarten Teacher (Pre-K Teacher), Lead Teacher
What they do:
Instruct preschool-aged children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care center, or other child development facility. May be required to hold State certification.
On the job, you would:
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order.
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
- Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
Business
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
Math and Science
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things
Social
- teaching people how to do something
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- create new and original ideas
Attention
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
- Self Control
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Computer based training software
- Children's educational software
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some college or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$26,620
per year, on average
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