2007-11-16 11:41:18 · 8 answers · asked by bitch 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Preschool
Find a good quality preschool classroom near you and volunteer some time. Go in several times, and if you can, visit more than one classroom. If there is a Head Start program in your area, call and ask about volunteering some time in one of their classrooms. It takes patience, creativity, and lots of energy to work with children this age, and volunteering some time in the classroom should help you figure out if you can handle it. Talk with the teachers while you are there, too, and ask them what is involved in doing their job. You may be surprised how much work it is, but if it is an appropriate field for you, you won't mind the work!
2007-11-17 08:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by leslie b 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you won't make a whole lot of money but you won't be poor either. In NYC teachers make between 35 and 50,000 per year depending on their qualifications, their experience, if they're in a public/private school, if they take on additional duties in school or work during the summer. some have 2nd jobs. You will not need a BA in education but it does help. masters level doesn't give you the practical experience and info you'll need. trust me on this one. AI think it is excellent you are choosing to go into ECE, I am about to graduate in May with an M.A. in EC/Special Ed and I am getting more and more excited. The best way to see if you are really cut out for the heartbreak and frustration is to spend time in a prek-3rd grade class and see what the teachers do and ask lots of questions. Read everything about NCLB and NAEYC. In addition to graduating with a degree and doing time as a student teacher, you will have to get fingerprinted, take the LAST, ATS-W or Praxis and the CSTs to get provisionally certified and then after a certain number of years of teaching and continuing ed credits you can get professional cert. There is also national cert after 3 years I think. no more permanent cert which is good. College/university programs run from 2-4 years and yes you will eventually need your masters. i don't recommend working while in school. you will need time for your student teaching placements, not to mention classes. Good luck to you and contact me anytime you have any more questions!
2016-05-23 21:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*You need patience first and foremost. All too often, things may go hay wire and you aren't able to carry out plans because of interruptions, your class may be wired for a day for what ever reason and you have to be able to handle it without yelling.
*Can easily maneuver on the floor to play with the kids, especially in younger classes. They love it when the teacher play house withe them, or builds something with them.
*Be willing to get messy. In my class we play with cornstarch and water, we did slime and noodles with sticky eye balls at Halloween time, and they love painting, and sometimes it gets on your clothes. Also, they love finding bugs outside, so that means worms!
* Willing to adjust to the children's needs when possible. Sometimes a room arrangement may not be suited to your group, or maybe some need help with things other children don't usually need help with (5+). Like buttoning their pants, zipping up their coat, tying their shoes, etc.
*Happy all the time. The children pick on your disposition, and feed off of it. If you are angry all the time, they may fight a lot amongst them selves. Or if you are flustered, they may get roudy making you more flustered and so on. I have a kid who is only ever REALLY happy or REALLY angry. So I decided, I'd rather he be overlly cheerful than angry. Now I try to be like that all the time, and he hasn't had problems out of the norm for any child in several weeks.
*Try taking some classes at a community college. If you are intrigued by the content of the class, then you may do well in a childcare setting. Thats how I became a teacher, I took some classes and decided instead of being a 2nd grade teacher I would be an early childhood teacher. Good luck with your decision, and remember, if you do teach, you are molding the minds of the future generation to run our country (or at least your state). Also, the ones that take care of you when you get old.
2007-11-16 14:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How well you enjoy working with young children. How patient you are. How easy it is for you to either squat down or bend over. Unless you just like sitting on the floor. You need to be ready and willing to let a child use his imagination because they all have them. Some are stifled and you need to help bring it out.If you have the special gift that this requires, you are so lucky and will have a fun time with your job. These kids show so much love when they get attached to you.They are a special gift from God and always need to be treated that way.
2007-11-16 12:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by Ava 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you do is go to a preschool near you and Volunteer and help out the teacher and that's how you can find out if you like to work with children.
2007-11-17 09:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's really up to the individual. if you're a truely involved person with a lot of patients and love for the children you would be teaching, you should already know. it's a tough job, but it's also very rewarding as well.
2007-11-16 11:51:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must have the Patience of Job!
2007-11-20 08:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Jazzy Faye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by loving children
2007-11-20 07:49:27 · answer #8 · answered by sweety786 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋