What You'll Do

  • Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
  • Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for people with disabilities.
  • Sanitize toys and play equipment.
  • Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.
  • Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
  • Observe and monitor children's play activities.
  • Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
  • Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
  • Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
  • Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.

Essential Skills

Monitoring 3.5/5
Service Orientation 3.38/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.25/5
Active Listening 3.12/5
Speaking 3.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.12/5
Coordination 3.12/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Writing 3.0/5
Active Learning 3.0/5
Learning Strategies 3.0/5
Instructing 3.0/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Artist: Creating original work and expressing ideas feels natural.

Common styles

Self-Control, Integrity, Stress Tolerance, Concern for Others, Cooperation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.88/5
Oral Expression 3.75/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.62/5
Written Comprehension 3.12/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.12/5
Far Vision 3.12/5
Speech Recognition 3.12/5
Written Expression 3.0/5

Technologies & Tools

Educational software Google Classroom Microsoft Office software Microsoft Word Nearpod Scheduling software Schoology Seesaw Tadpoles Web browser software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Self-Control (High importance: 4.61/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.47/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.47/5)
  • Concern for Others (High importance: 4.46/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.42/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

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