Kindergarten Teacher

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Potential job titles in this career

Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher, Classroom Teacher, Educator, Instructor, Kinder Teacher, Kindergarten Classroom Teacher, Teacher, Title One Kindergarten Teacher, Transitional Kindergarten Teacher

* Additional schooling, certification, or degrees maybe be required for some of the potential careers that are listed.

What will I do?

Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.

Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.

Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.

Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.

Demonstrate activities to children.

Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or special academic interests.

Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

In this career, it is important to know

Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Sociology and Anthropology - Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

Administrative - Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Therapy and Counseling - Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

It's useful to be good at

Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Employment trends

Location	Pay period	2022
Location	Pay period	10%	25%	Median%	75%	90%
United States	Hourly
United States	Yearly	$40,620	$48,550	$60,490	$77,200	$100,020
Arizona	Hourly
Arizona	Yearly	$38,760	$45,890	$49,130	$58,830	$65,380

2022 Median%
United States	Hourly	$60,490 Yearly
Arizona	Hourly	$49,130 Yearly

Employment (2022)

123,400 employees

Projected growth (2022 - 2032)

Little or no change

Projected job openings (2022 - 2032)

13,000

* Data obtained from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).

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