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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. ANNE POWELL. Importance of being a teacher. Kindergarten teachers play a vital role in the development of children.
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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ANNE POWELL
Importance of being a teacher • Kindergarten teachers play a vital role in the development of children. • What children learn and experience during their early years can shape their views of themselves and can affect their later success or failure in school, work, and their personal lives.
Tools that teachers use • Preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school teachers use tools such as these to teach basic skills: -games -music -artwork -films -books -computers
Main job of kindergarten teachers • Letter recognition, phonics, numbers, and awareness of nature and science, introduced at the preschool level, are taught primarily by kindergarten teachers.
Some statistics • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and secondary school teachers, except special education, held about 3.8 million jobs in 2002. Of the teachers in those jobs, about 1.5 million were elementary school teachers, 1.1 million were secondary school teachers, 602,000 were middle school teachers, 424,000 were preschool teachers, and 168,000 were kindergarten teachers
For anyone interested in becoming a teacher • http://www.rnt.org -Anyone interested in becoming a teacher must be certified Florida Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE)