Chief teacher, kindergarten

Early childhood educators promote the social, physical and intellectual development of preschool children through educational activities and play.

• planning and organising individual and group activities designed to facilitate the development of children's motor and social skills, self-confidence and understanding;
• promoting children's language development through storytelling, role play, songs and informal conversation and discussion;
• showing children activities that provide opportunities for creative expression through art, dramatic play, music and physical activity;
• observing children to record their development and to detect signs of developmental, emotional and health problems, together with parents;
• monitoring and identifying children's needs for healthy nutrition, care and safety, and factors that may hinder their development;
• supervising children's activities to safely resolve conflicts that arise between them;
• instilling habits of proper dressing, eating and personal hygiene;
• discussing children's development or problems with their parents and other staff members, and taking appropriate action to resolve problems and refer to other specialists;
• establishing and maintaining contact with other professionals who work with young children.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Teacher, kindergarten
• Teacher, music in kindergarten