Preschool Teacher
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A preschool teacher is a type of early childhood educator
who instructs children from infancy to age 5, which stands as the youngest stretch of early childhood education
. Early Childhood Education teachers need to span the continuum of children from birth to age 8.
Preschool teachers are encouraged to hold credentials in Early Childhood Education in the form of a Child Development Accreditation (CDA) or formal college education in Early Childhood or a related subject.
The term "preschool" refers to instruction in non-public arenas such as licensed preschools, childcare
centers, family day care centers, home day care centers, center-based programs, federal programs like Head Start, and full or part-day private child centers or day care centers sponsored by religious bodies. The term "pre-kindergarten
" refers to those lead teachers who offer instruction in a program for four-year olds funded as part of the state public school system.
Preschool teachers must be able to work well and interact with young children, sometimes as young as 2 years 9 months. Preschool children have a short attention span and their worries are usually fairly simple. Most preschoolers are loving, affectionate, and playful, and like to play games, be read to, or play with toys.
Early childhood educator
An early childhood educator is a teacher who works with young children in a classroom setting. This occupation emphasizes two goals of early childhood education :...
who instructs children from infancy to age 5, which stands as the youngest stretch of early childhood education
Early childhood education
Early childhood education is the formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family or in settings outside of the home. 'Early childhood' is usually defined as before the age of normal schooling - five years in most nations, though the U.S...
. Early Childhood Education teachers need to span the continuum of children from birth to age 8.
Preschool teachers are encouraged to hold credentials in Early Childhood Education in the form of a Child Development Accreditation (CDA) or formal college education in Early Childhood or a related subject.
The term "preschool" refers to instruction in non-public arenas such as licensed preschools, childcare
Childcare
Child care means caring for and supervising child/children usually from 0–13 years of age. In the United States child care is increasingly referred to as early childhood education due to the understanding of the impact of early experiences of the developing child...
centers, family day care centers, home day care centers, center-based programs, federal programs like Head Start, and full or part-day private child centers or day care centers sponsored by religious bodies. The term "pre-kindergarten
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
" refers to those lead teachers who offer instruction in a program for four-year olds funded as part of the state public school system.
Preschool teachers must be able to work well and interact with young children, sometimes as young as 2 years 9 months. Preschool children have a short attention span and their worries are usually fairly simple. Most preschoolers are loving, affectionate, and playful, and like to play games, be read to, or play with toys.