Career Cluster: Human Services.
Career Pathway: Early Childhood Development and Services.
Job Description: Preschool teachers care for and teach young children while their parents work or go to school. The most important part of their job is to help children learn about the world and themselves.
Earnings: The national Salary is: $18,090.
Statistics: 2012: 438,200 people 2022: 514,600 people.
Related Occupations: Middle School Teacher or a High School Teacher.
Sources: http://www.naeyc.org and http://www.cdacouncil.org/
Education and Training
Courses to take: Parenting and Family, Careers With Kids, Sociology, Computer Classes, Communications.
Post High School Education: Rasmussen University and Arizona State University.
Special Requirements: Must have at least a Bachelors Degree and a teaching license
Beyond Education: Dance Teacher, Library Assistant, Child Care Assistant
Opportunity For Advancement: Director of a preschool
Nature Of Work
Day-To-Day Work: Teaching and feeding kids.
Working Conditions: Work 10 months and get 2 years off per year.
Advantages: Working with kids and decent pay.
Disadvantages: patience and kids not behaving.
Opinion
I feel that this job is not for me. although I love working with children, I feel as if preschool is not the right age group of children for me.
Career Pathway: Early Childhood Development and Services.
Job Description: Preschool teachers care for and teach young children while their parents work or go to school. The most important part of their job is to help children learn about the world and themselves.
Earnings: The national Salary is: $18,090.
Statistics: 2012: 438,200 people 2022: 514,600 people.
Related Occupations: Middle School Teacher or a High School Teacher.
Sources: http://www.naeyc.org and http://www.cdacouncil.org/
Education and Training
Courses to take: Parenting and Family, Careers With Kids, Sociology, Computer Classes, Communications.
Post High School Education: Rasmussen University and Arizona State University.
Special Requirements: Must have at least a Bachelors Degree and a teaching license
Beyond Education: Dance Teacher, Library Assistant, Child Care Assistant
Opportunity For Advancement: Director of a preschool
Nature Of Work
Day-To-Day Work: Teaching and feeding kids.
Working Conditions: Work 10 months and get 2 years off per year.
Advantages: Working with kids and decent pay.
Disadvantages: patience and kids not behaving.
Opinion
I feel that this job is not for me. although I love working with children, I feel as if preschool is not the right age group of children for me.