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Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

ID

work_education/preschool_teachers_except_special_education

Type

TASK

Children

34

Child Nodes (34)

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

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Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.

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

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

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Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

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

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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.

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

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

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Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.

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

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

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Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

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Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

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

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

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Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.

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Demonstrate activities to children.

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

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Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.

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Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

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

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

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

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Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.

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Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.

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

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Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.

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Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.

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Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.

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Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.

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Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.

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Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.

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Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.