Kindergarten Teacher

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher; Classroom Teacher; Educator; Instructor; Kinder Teacher; Kindergarten Classroom Teacher; Teacher; Title One Kindergarten Teacher; Transitional Kindergarten Teacher

Tasks

• 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.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.

Knowledge

• Education and Training
• English Language
• Psychology
• Mathematics
• Customer and Personal Service
• Administrative
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Public Safety and Security
• Computers and Electronics
• Geography
• Therapy and Counseling

Skills

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Learning Strategies
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Speech Clarity
• Fluency of Ideas
• Speech Recognition
• Originality
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Selective Attention
• Near Vision
• Category Flexibility
• Time Sharing