How do they match: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

  • Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

  • Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
  • 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.
  • Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
  • 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 objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
  • Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.

  • Display student work.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
  • Supervise school or student activities.
  • Supervise student research or internship work.