Occupation Atlasearly years teacher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/55d60ead-0343-4008-b9e4-fb4b5a179c83
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.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
SACSocial · Artistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social7.00
- A Artistic3.99
- C Conventional3.80
- I Investigative3.11
- R Realistic2.68
- E Enterprising2.48
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education (25-2012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (29)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- 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 (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
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 29 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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