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Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.
- Median pay
- $61,430
- per year
- 10-year outlook
- -1.6%
- Declining
- Typical entry
- Bachelor's degree
Key skills
- Social Perceptiveness
- Instructing
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Learning Strategies
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Coordination
What they do
- 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.
Majors that lead here
- Bilingual and Multilingual Education
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
- Montessori Teacher Education
- Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
- Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language, Other
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections) and O*NET, used under CC BY 4.0.