Ally+Kershner

Early childhood Teachers-
 * Duties**-
 * Teach lessons
 * Evaluate students’ abilities
 * Grade the students
 * Prepare students for state tests
 * Develop classroom rules and have them follow them
 * Make sure students are safe at all times
 * Early childhood education teachers usally teach from kindergarten to 4th or 5th grade.
 * Work enviornment-**
 * can work in public or private schools
 * they have a "team"..other teachers who work with the same grade
 * Rewarding but also stressful
 * mostly work hours when students are present but sometimes work at home or after school
 * could have not up to date teaching tools
 * have to meet with parents for conferences more than middle and high school
 * usually work a 10 month school year
 * some can work during summer (summer school)
 * teaching more than one subject daily
 * How to become a teacher-**
 * must have a bachelors degree
 * must have a state issued certification or license
 * sometimes required to have a major in math science or english
 * some require a masters in teaching or an equivalent to a masters
 * teachers that work for private schools don't need to meet state requirments
 * requirments for your certicification can vary within each state
 * all states require a bachelor's degree
 * take classes frequently to keep up their liscenses
 * Important qualities **
 * communication skills
 * creativity
 * instrucstional skills
 * patience
 * Pay**
 * may 2010 the medial annual pay was 48,000
 * Job outlook**
 * from 2010 to 2020 it is expected for teachers jobs to increase by 17 percent
 * from 2010 to 2020 the student teacher rate is supposed to decline by 17 percent
 * the number of students in kindergaten and elementary is supposed to increase over the coming decade
 * will need more classes for the growing number of children
 * employment growth for kindergarten and elementary school teachers will be determined by the governments budget
 * employment growth for kindergarten and elementary school teachers will be determined by the governments budget


 * Pros-**
 * support
 * working with that many other co-workers
 * off in the summer
 * working with children
 * having an impact on the children
 * having your own space to work in
 * teaching the lessons you want to
 * having good students
 * Cons-**
 * working with angery parents
 * misbehaved children
 * lots of paper work
 * not a lot of planning time
 * doing work at home
 * dealing with grades
 * people judging you as a teacher
 * having students that aren't able to speak english
 * dealing with bullying
 * students sueing teachers now
 * people say teaching is a privledge not a right
 * suspensions
 * search and seizer things
 * dealing with sexual harrasment
 * freedom of speech
 * keeping your personal life away from your professinal life
 * being evaluated by your principal
 * going through school without having a lot of time in the classroom
 * how stressful it is in the first year


 * what you need to do:**
 * students need to show improvment in the year
 * mangage the studnets
 * improve your ability to give instrustions
 * need to survive the first couple of years
 * need to learn how each student learns
 * teach all the core subjects
 * keep up to date on the legal sides of teaching.
 * know what is right and what is wrong
 * make sure the studnets know the rules
 * the parents need to know the rules
 * have conferences with parents when needed and not when needed
 * knowing all of your students ablilites and disabilites