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Career Details :: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Description

Teach elemental natural and social science, personal hygiene, music, art, and literature to children from 4 to 6 years old. Promote physical, mental, and social development. May be required to hold state certification.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

• Teaches elemental science, personal hygiene, and humanities to children to promote physical, mental, and social development.
• Encourages students in activities, such as singing, dancing, and rhythmic activities, to promote self-expression and appreciation of esthetic experience.
• Observes children to detect signs of ill health or emotional disturbance and to evaluate progress.
• Instructs children in practices of personal cleanliness and self care.
• Alternates periods of strenuous activity with periods of rest or light activity to avoid overstimulation and fatigue.
• Discusses student problems and progress with parents.
• Organizes and conducts games and group projects to develop cooperative behavior and assist children in forming satisfying relationships.
• Supervises student activities, such as field visits, to stimulate student interest and broaden understanding of physical and social environment.

Related Careers

• Educational Psychologists
  
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
  
• Health Educators
  
• Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
  
• Recreation Workers
  
• Social and Human Service Assistants
  
• Teacher Assistants
  

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Problem Sensitivity
• Written Expression

General Work Activities

• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing
• Establishing & Maintaining Relationships
• Teaching Others
• Assisting and Caring for Others

Important Skills

• Learning Strategies
  
• Active Listening
  
• Speaking
  
• Monitoring
  
• Instructing
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Indoors
• Provide a Service to Others

Related Majors

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Administration	[ add ]
Art Education	[ add ]
Art/Art Education	[ add ]
Art/Design Education	[ add ]
Arts/Education	[ add ]
Athletic Training Education	[ add ]
Bilingual Education	[ add ]
Bilingual Education/Elementary	[ add ]
Bilingual Education/Secondary/Other	[ add ]
Bilingual Elementary Education	[ add ]
Bilingual Secondary Education	[ add ]
Bilingual/Bicultural Education	[ add ]
Bilingual/Bicultural Studies	[ add ]
Bilingual/Multicultural Education	[ add ]
Bilingualism	[ add ]
Business/Physical Education	[ add ]
Chinese Education	[ add ]
Classics Education	[ add ]
Coach Certification	[ add ]
Communication Arts/Secondary Education	[ add ]
Communication Education	[ add ]
Communication/Instruction	[ add ]
Communications Education	[ add ]
Comprehensive Music Education	[ add ]
Consulting Teacher of Reading	[ add ]
Creative Arts in Learning	[ add ]
Dance Education	[ add ]
Deaf Studies/Teacher Education	[ add ]
Diversified Education	[ add ]
Drama/Speech Communication Education	[ add ]
Early Childhood	[ add ]
Early Childhood Care/Education	[ add ]
Early Childhood Development/Education	[ add ]
Early Childhood Education	[ add ]
Early Childhood Specialist	[ add ]
Early Childhood Teaching	[ add ]
Early Childhood/Elementary	[ add ]
Early Childhood/Elementary Education	[ add ]
Early Childhood/Exceptional Children	[ add ]
Early Childhood/Kindergarten Teacher Education	[ add ]
Early Elementary Education	[ add ]
Early Intervention	[ add ]
Early/Middle Education	[ add ]
Early/Secondary Education	[ add ]
Earth Science Education	[ add ]
Earth Science Teacher	[ add ]
Earth Science Teaching	[ add ]
Earth/Space Science Education	[ add ]
Economics for Educators	[ add ]
Education	[ add ]
Education Administration	[ add ]
Education Studies	[ add ]
Education/Art	[ add ]
Education/Child Study	[ add ]
Education/Early Childhood	[ add ]
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Education/English	[ add ]
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Educational Administration	[ add ]
Educational Administration/Supervision	[ add ]
Educational Leadership	[ add ]
Educational Leadership/Superintendent Endorsement	[ add ]
Educational Management	[ add ]
Educational Processes	[ add ]
Educational Studies	[ add ]
Elementary Bilingual Education	[ add ]
Elementary Education	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Art	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Communication Arts	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Communication Disorders	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Deaf Education	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Early Childhood	[ add ]
Elementary Education/English	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Foreign Language	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Health/Physical Education	[ add ]
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Elementary/Early Secondary Education/Spanish	[ add ]
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Elementary/Kindergarten Education	[ add ]
Elementary/Middle Education	[ add ]
Elementary/Middle Grades Education	[ add ]
Elementary/Middle School Education	[ add ]
Elementary/Moderate Special Needs	[ add ]
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English Education	[ add ]
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English/Language Arts Education	[ add ]
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Environmental Education	[ add ]
Environmental Studies Education	[ add ]
Exercise/Sport Studies	[ add ]
Fine Arts Education	[ add ]
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Foreign/Second Language Education	[ add ]
French Education	[ add ]
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General Education	[ add ]
General Elementary Education	[ add ]
General Science Education	[ add ]
General Science/Chemistry Education	[ add ]
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German Education	[ add ]
Health/Physical Education	[ add ]
Health/Physical/Recreation Education	[ add ]
History/Political Science Education	[ add ]
Human Performance/Health Sciences	[ add ]
Industrial Business/Distributive Teacher Education	[ add ]
Infant/Toddler Therapeutic Education	[ add ]
Instrumental Music Education	[ add ]
Interdisciplinary Studies/Elementary Education	[ add ]
Italian Education	[ add ]
Japanese Education	[ add ]
Jazz Education	[ add ]
Language Arts Education	[ add ]
Latin Education	[ add ]
Mathematics Education	[ add ]
Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers	[ add ]
Mathematics/Computer Science Education	[ add ]
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Middle Grades Mathematics Education	[ add ]
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Modern Language Education	[ add ]
Music Business Education	[ add ]
Music Education	[ add ]
Music Education/Choral	[ add ]
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Occupational Education	[ add ]
Outdoor Education	[ add ]
Pedagogy	[ add ]
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Physical Education	[ add ]
Physical Education in a Non-School Setting	[ add ]
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Physical Education/Athletic Training	[ add ]
Physical Education/Kinesiology	[ add ]
Physical Education/Recreation	[ add ]
Physical Education/Secondary Education	[ add ]
Physical Education/Sport	[ add ]
Physical Science Education	[ add ]
Physical Science/Secondary Education	[ add ]
Piano Pedagogy	[ add ]
Piano Pedagogy/Performance	[ add ]
Pre-School Education	[ add ]
Pre-veterinary Science	[ add ]
Professional Education	[ add ]
Psychology/Education	[ add ]
Reading	[ add ]
Reading Education	[ add ]
Reading Instruction	[ add ]
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Reading Teacher	[ add ]
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Recreation Education	[ add ]
Russian Education	[ add ]
School Administration	[ add ]
School Administration/Supervision	[ add ]
School Counselor/Bilingual	[ add ]
School Mid-Management Administration	[ add ]
School Superintendent	[ add ]
School Supervision	[ add ]
School Supervisor	[ add ]
Science Education	[ add ]
Science for Elementary Teaching	[ add ]
Science/Mathematics Education	[ add ]
Secondary Earth/Space Education	[ add ]
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Secondary Education/Earth Science	[ add ]
Secondary Education/English	[ add ]
Secondary Education/French	[ add ]
Secondary Education/General Science	[ add ]
Secondary Education/German	[ add ]
Secondary Education/Mathematics	[ add ]
Secondary Education/Physical Science	[ add ]
Secondary School Administration	[ add ]
Secondary Teaching of Art	[ add ]
Secondary Teaching of Biology	[ add ]
Secondary Teaching of Chemistry	[ add ]
Secondary Teaching of English	[ add ]
Secondary Teaching of Music	[ add ]
Secondary Teaching of Physical Education	[ add ]
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Self-determined Majors	[ add ]
Self-planned Program	[ add ]
Social Studies Education	[ add ]
Spanish Bilingual Education	[ add ]
Spanish Education	[ add ]
Spanish/Secondary Education	[ add ]
Special Education/Bilingual	[ add ]
Speech Education	[ add ]
Speech Teacher	[ add ]
Speech/Theatre Education	[ add ]
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Teaching of Speech	[ add ]
Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities	[ add ]
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Theatre Education	[ add ]
Theatre for Youth	[ add ]
Unified Elementary/Special Education	[ add ]
Urban Early/Middle Childhood Education	[ add ]
Urban Multicultural Education	[ add ]
Vocal Music Education	[ add ]
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