Preschool Teachers

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Montessori Preschool Teacher, Pre-Kindergarten Teacher (Pre-K Teacher), Teacher, Toddler Teacher

What they do:
Instruct preschool-aged students, following curricula or lesson plans, in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth.
On the job, you would:
  • Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
  • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

Knowledge

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Safety and Government

  • public safety and security

Business

  • customer service

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

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

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • create new and original ideas

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Integrity
  • Self Control
  • Dependability
  • Concern for Others
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Cooperation

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software

  • Microsoft Excel Hot Technology

Computer based training software

  • Padlet
  • Schoology

Desktop communications software

  • Edmodo
  • Tadpoles

Education

Education: (rated 3 of 5)

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