Education & Childcare Administrators, Preschool & Daycare
Child Care Director, Childcare Director, Education Coordinator, Education Director
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
On the job, you would:
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems.
- Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children.
Knowledge
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Business
- management
- human resources (HR)
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Math and Science
- psychology
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Optimism
- Sincerity
- Leadership Orientation
- Empathy
- Self-Control
- Social Orientation
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Accounting software
- Intuit QuickBooks Hot Technology
- Quicken
Desktop communications software
- ParentSquare
- Tadpoles
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- ACS Technologies HeadMaster
- The Gallagher Group DataCare
Education
Education: (rated 3 of 4)
associate's degree or other 2-year degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
bachelor's degree
usually needed
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Job Outlook
Below Average
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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