Hybrid programs blend both competency- and time-based strategies,
using a minimum and maximum range of hours for each major job
function and the successful demonstration of identified competencies.
using a minimum and maximum range of hours for each major job
function and the successful demonstration of identified competencies.
Early Childhood Educator
Anonymous
North Carolina (SAA)
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Work Process Content
On the Job Training
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Skills
Teach life skills
2
Teach life skills
2
- Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
- Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
Provide for basic needs of children.
3
Provide for basic needs of children.
3
- Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
- Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
- Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
Set up classroom materials or equipment.
3
Set up classroom materials or equipment.
3
- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
1
Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
1
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
1
Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
1
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
2
Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
2
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
- Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or healthrelated problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
2
Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
2
- Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or healthrelated problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
- Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
2
Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
2
- Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or healthrelated problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
Plan educational activities.
2
Plan educational activities.
2
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Evaluate student work.
1
Evaluate student work.
1
- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
Maintain student records.
1
Maintain student records.
1
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
Monitor student performance.
1
Monitor student performance.
1
- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
Read to students.
1
Read to students.
1
- Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
Develop instructional objectives.
1
Develop instructional objectives.
1
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
Apply multiple teaching methods.
1
Apply multiple teaching methods.
1
- Demonstrate activities to children.
Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
1
Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
1
- Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
1
Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
1
- Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
1
Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
1
- Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
2
Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
2
- Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
- Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.
Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
1
Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
1
- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
Assist students with special educational needs.
1
Assist students with special educational needs.
1
- Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
Display student work.
1
Display student work.
1
- Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
1
Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
1
- Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
Plan experiential learning activities.
1
Plan experiential learning activities.
1
- Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.
Supervise school or student activities.
1
Supervise school or student activities.
1
- Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.
Distribute instructional or library materials
1
Distribute instructional or library materials
1
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Evaluate performance of educational staff.
1
Evaluate performance of educational staff.
1
- Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
1
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
1
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Order instructional or library materials or equipment
1
Order instructional or library materials or equipment
1
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Supervise student research or internship work.
1
Supervise student research or internship work.
1
- Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
1
Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
1
- Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
1
Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
1
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
Related Instruction Content
Training Provider(s):
McDowell Technical Community College
1K
RI hours
Intro to Early Childhood
64
Intro to Early Childhood
64
Child Development I
48
Child Development I
48
Child Development II
48
Child Development II
48
Child Guidance
48
Child Guidance
48
Writing and Inquiry
48
Writing and Inquiry
48
Child, Family, and Community
48
Child, Family, and Community
48
Creative Activities
48
Creative Activities
48
Health, Safety & Nutrition
48
Health, Safety & Nutrition
48
Children With Exceptionalities
48
Children With Exceptionalities
48
Quantitative Literacy
48
Quantitative Literacy
48
Public Speaking
48
Public Speaking
48
Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
48
Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
48
Foundations of Education
48
Foundations of Education
48
Teacher Licensure Prep
48
Teacher Licensure Prep
48
Language/ Literacy Experiences
48
Language/ Literacy Experiences
48
Early Childhood Administration I
48
Early Childhood Administration I
48
Introduction to Computers
48
Introduction to Computers
48
Early Childhood Capstone Practicum
64
Early Childhood Capstone Practicum
64
Apprentices must pick one of the following Humanities Courses: - ART 111 - MUS 110 Humanities Requirement
48
Apprentices must pick one of the following Humanities Courses: - ART 111 - MUS 110 Humanities Requirement
48
Apprentices must pick one of the following Social/ Behavioral Sciences Courses: - ECO 251 - ECO 252 - HIS 111 - HIS 112 - HIS 131 - POL 120 - SOC 210 Social/ Behavioral Sciences Course
48
Apprentices must pick one of the following Social/ Behavioral Sciences Courses: - ECO 251 - ECO 252 - HIS 111 - HIS 112 - HIS 131 - POL 120 - SOC 210 Social/ Behavioral Sciences Course
48
Apprentices must pick one of the following from the Natural Sciences/ Mathematics Courses: - AST 111 - AST 111A - AST 151 - AST 151A - CHM 151 - BIO 111 - MAT 143 Natural Sciences/ Mathematics Course
48
Apprentices must pick one of the following from the Natural Sciences/ Mathematics Courses: - AST 111 - AST 111A - AST 151 - AST 151A - CHM 151 - BIO 111 - MAT 143 Natural Sciences/ Mathematics Course
48
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