Childcare Teacher

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

·       Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.

·       Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

·       Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.

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

·       Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

·       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.

·       Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.

·       Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

·        Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

·       Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.

·       Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

·       Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.

·       Demonstrate activities to children.

·       Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.

·       Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.

·       Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

·       Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.

·       Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

·        Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.

·        Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers (if applicable).

·        Attend staff meetings

Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

Early Childhood Care & Development

FL

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