Early Childhood Educator (NMCAA)

Competency-based
ONET: 25-2011.00

1

Years

38

Skills

640h

Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Curriculum for Child Guidance
  • Curriculum for Child Guidance
  • Early Childhood Curriculum
  • Early Childhood Curriculum
  • Practice Based Coaching
  • Practice Based Coaching
  • Foundations in Early Childhood Education
  • Foundations in Early Childhood Education
  • Curriculum and Methods
  • Curriculum and Methods
  • Guidance and Communication Skills
  • Guidance and Communication Skills
On-the-job training
  • Provide for basic needs of children
    • 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.
  • Teach life skills.
    • Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
    • Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
  • Set up classroom materials or equipment.
    • 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.
    • Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
    • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
  • Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
    • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
  • Discuss student progress with parents, guardians, and supervisors.
    • 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 health-related 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.
    • Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
  • Plan educational activities.
    • 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.
  • Maintain student records.
    • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
  • Read to students.
    • Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
  • Develop instructional objectives.
    • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
  • Apply multiple teaching methods.
    • Demonstrate activities to children.
  • Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
    • Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
  • Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
    • Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help
  • Assist students with special educational needs.
    • Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
  • Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
    • 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.
    • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
  • Display student work.
    • 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.
    • Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
  • Plan experiential learning activities.
    • 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.
    • Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.
  • Distribute instructional or library materials.
    • Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
  • Evaluate performance of educational staff.
    • Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
    • Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
    • Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
  • Supervise student research or internship work.
    • Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
  • Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
    • Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
  • Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
    • Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
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