early years teacher
Early years teachers instruct students, primarily young children, in basic subjects and creative play with the aim of developing their social and intellectual skills in an informal way in preparation for future formal learning. They create lesson plans, possibly in accordance with a fixed curriculum, for an entire class or smaller groups and test the students on the content. These lesson plans, based on basic subjects, can include the instruction of number, letter, and colour recognition, days of the week, categorisation of animals and transport vehicles etc. Early years teachers also supervise students outside the classroom on school grounds and enforce rules of behaviour there as well.
Also called: kindergarten teacher, preprimary school teacher, nursery teacher, preschool teacher
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- essential skills
- 18
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- Freinet school teacherWhat changes?28 skills in common
- early years special educational needs teacherWhat changes?27 skills in common
- Montessori school teacherWhat changes?27 skills in common
- special educational needs teacher23 skills in common
- special educational needs teacher primary school23 skills in common
- teacher of talented and gifted students23 skills in common
- primary school teacher22 skills in common
- Steiner school teacher21 skills in common
Essential skills
29- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assess the development of youth
- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- curriculum objectives
- demonstrate when teaching
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- facilitate teamwork between students
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- handle children's problems
- implement care programmes for children
- instructional strategies
- kindergarten school procedures
- learning difficulties
- maintain students' discipline
- manage student relationships
- monitor children's physical development
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- social development
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
- teach kindergarten class content
- teamwork principles
Optional skills
18- assessment processes
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- common children's diseases
- consult students on learning content
- escort students on a field trip
- first aid
- language teaching methods
- liaise with educational support staff
- maintain relations with children's parents
- manage resources for educational purposes
- organise creative performance
- perform playground surveillance
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- provide after school care
- provide lesson materials
- special needs education
- use learning strategies
- workplace sanitation
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