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Career: Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
Job Description
Instruct children (normally up to 5 years of age) 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 Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills. |
100
|
Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene. |
99
|
Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order. |
99
|
Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips. |
99
|
Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. |
99
|
Read books to entire classes or to small groups. |
99
|
Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children. |
98
|
Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play. |
98
|
Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. |
98
|
Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety. |
98
|
Attend staff meetings, and serve on committees as required. |
97
|
Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them. |
97
|
Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students. |
97
|
Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. |
97
|
Demonstrate activities to children. |
97
|
Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence. |
96
|
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. |
96
|
Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills. |
95
|
Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula. |
93
|
Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies. |
92
|
Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists. |
91
|
Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines. |
91
|
Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. |
85
|
Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration. |
82
|
Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities. |
79
|
Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress. |
78
|
Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers. |
77
|
Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. |
77
|
Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs. |
65
|
Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers. |
61
|
Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help. |
56
|
Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential. |
49
|
Perform administrative duties such as hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading. |
33
|
Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities such as restrooms. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
66
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
65
|
Thinking Creatively
|
64
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
63
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
58
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
58
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
57
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
57
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
56
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
55
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
55
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
53
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
51
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
51
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
51
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
50
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
48
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
47
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
46
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
46
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
45
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
45
|
Getting Information
|
45
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
45
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
40
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
40
|
Processing Information
|
38
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
36
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
36
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
34
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
33
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
31
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
29
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
29
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
24
|
Interacting With Computers
|
23
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
14
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
11
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
10
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
8
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
5
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|