Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Also Called:

Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher,

Classroom Teacher,

Kinder Teacher,

Teacher

What they do: Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

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Education & Training

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
  • Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
  • Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

Dependability

Integrity

Adaptability/Flexibility

Concern for Others

Cooperation

Persistence

Interests

Career interests describe the perspectives and interests of people who enjoy the type of work involved in this career.

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Knowledge

People who want to pursue this career have knowledge in these areas.

Education and Training

  • Teaching and course design

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Math and Science

  • Psychology

  • Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Business

  • Customer service

Abilities

Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.

Verbal

  • Communicate by speaking

  • Read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

  • Notice when problems happen

  • Come up with lots of ideas

Attention

  • Pay attention to something without being distracted

  • Do two or more things at the same time

Skills

People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.

Basic Skills

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

  • Teaching people how to do something

  • Understanding people's reactions

Problem Solving

  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Work Values

Work values describe how your core beliefs align with those commonly needed for this career.

Relationships

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Independence

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Does this sound like something you'd like to do?

1. Do some research
  • Identify how your interests, values, and strengths match this occupation
  • Talk to someone who works in this field or spend a day job shadowing
  • Use the colleges and training directory to explore programs related to this career
2. Plan your next move
  • Talk to your college and career counselor or school admissions staff
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  • Search for available Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education jobs on Idaho Works

Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop