| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| Support children`s emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts. |
| Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped. |
| Sanitize toys and play equipment. |
| Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books. |
| Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents` or guardians` attention. |
| Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered. |
| Observe and monitor children`s play activities. |
| Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits. |
| Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs. |
| Assist in preparing food for children and serve meals and refreshments to children and regulate rest periods. |
| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others` reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Instructing - Teaching others how to do something. |
| Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
| Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| Time Management - Managing one`s own time and the time of others. |
| Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others` reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Instructing - Teaching others how to do something. |
| Top Abilities (Attributes of the person that influence performance in this job.) |
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| Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
