Overview & Salary
Overview
Instruct preschool-aged students, following curricula or lesson plans, in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth.
On the job, you would:
- Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
Education
- vocational school training
- on-the-job experience
- associate's degree
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $28,200
Annual median $37,130
Annual 90th percentile $60,900
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
Business
- customer service
Skills
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- teaching people how to do something
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Social
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Cooperation
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- create new and original ideas