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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 25-2011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 33,300.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
Currently, there are 385,550 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education”.

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Tasks for “Day Care Provider”

Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.
Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.
Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
Demonstrate activities to children.
Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.

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