Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________Skills: Writing; Instructing; Reading Comprehen-
sion; Learning Strategies; Persuasion; Critical # ink-
ing; Speaking; Active Learning.
Education and Training Programs: Social Science
Teacher Education; Political Science and Govern-
ment, General; American Government and Politics
(United States); Political Science and Government,
Other. Related Knowledge/Courses: History and
Archeology; Philosophy and # eology; Sociology
and Anthropology; Geography; Law and Govern-
ment; English Language.
Work Environment: Indoors; sitting.Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
! Personality Code: SA! Education/Training Required:
Postsecondary vocational training
! Annual Earnings: $23,130
! Beginning Wage: $15,380
! Earnings Growth Potential: Low
! Growth: 26.3%
! Annual Job Openings: 78,172
! Self-Employed: 1.1%
! Part-Time: 25.1%
Instruct children (normally up to 5 years of age)
in activities designed to promote social, physi-
cal, and intellectual growth needed for primary
school in preschool, day care center, or other
child development facility. May be required to
hold state certifi cation. Provide a variety of materi-
als and resources for children to explore, manipulate,
and use, both in learning activities and in imagina-
tive play. Attend to children’s basic needs by feed-
ing them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
Establish and enforce rules for behavior and proce-
dures for maintaining order. Read books to entire
classes or to small groups. Teach basic skills such
as color, shape, number, and letter recognition; per-
sonal hygiene; and social skills. Organize and leadactivities designed to promote physical, mental, and
social development, such as games, arts and crafts,
music, storytelling, and fi eld trips. Observe and eval-
uate children’s performance, behavior, social devel-
opment, and physical health. 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 guard-
ians, and child development specialists. Enforce all
administration policies and rules governing students.
Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutri-
tional guidelines. Teach proper eating habits and
personal hygiene. Assimilate arriving children to the
school environment by greeting them, helping them
remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest
to them. Adapt teaching methods and instructional
materials to meet students’ varying needs and inter-
ests. Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units,
and projects and communicate those objectives to
children. Demonstrate activities to children. Arrange
indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play,
motor-skill activities, and safety. Plan and conduct
activities for a balanced program of instruction, dem-
onstration, and work time that provides students with
opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Maintain accurate and complete student records as
required by laws, district policies, and administrative
regulations.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 05. Education and
Tr a i n i n g. Work Group: 05.02. Preschool, Ele-
mentary, and Secondary Teaching and Instruct-
ing. Other Jobs in " is Work Group: Elementary
School Teachers, Except Special Education; Kinder-
garten Teachers, Except Special Education; Middle
School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Edu-
cation; Secondary School Teachers, Except Special
and Vocational Education; Special Education Teach-
ers, Middle School; Special Education Teachers,
Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School;
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School;
Te a c h e r A s s i s t a nt s ; Vo c a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n Te a c h e r s ,