How do they match: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

  • Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

  • Educator
  • Bilingual Education Teacher
  • Early Childhood Teacher
  • Physical Education Teacher

  • Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine children's developmental levels and needs.
  • Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
  • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
  • Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of kindergarten programs.
  • Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
  • Demonstrate activities to children.
  • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
  • Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
  • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
  • Involve parent volunteers and older students in children's activities to facilitate involvement in focused, complex play.
  • Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
  • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs.
  • Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  • Organize and label materials and display children's work in a manner appropriate for their sizes and perceptual skills.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
  • Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
  • Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate children's progress.
  • Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

  • Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
  • Advise students on academic or career matters.
  • Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
  • Assist students with special educational needs.
  • Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
  • Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
  • Evaluate performance of educational staff.
  • Plan educational activities.
  • Provide for basic needs of children.