The Preschool Teacher Salary website give an interesting perspective on the things required of person to become a preschool teacher. Some of the listed items are very functional such as the associate degree, health and safety certifications, and educational requirements. The remaining items have to do with personality and behavioral traits of the person interested in becoming a preschool teacher. The list includes patience, the ability to communicate, be creative, and artistic ability.
Here is a summary of that they lay out in the article:
Having Patience - someone with patience is a MAJOR plus when working with young children when mistakes happen regularly and are needed for learning. Having patience will help you to cope with many children at once as well as times when children are having melt downs or behavioral issues.
Be Creative - someone who is able to make learning and lessons fun for kids will generally be very creative. Coming up with several activities for each lesson plan, building fun and lasting impressions to teach the youngsters the necessary concepts for kindergarten and beyond.
Embodying Artistic Ability - really goes hand in hand with creativity. The article suggests that you don't need to know how to draw the perfect bowl of fruit but you do need to be able to allow the kids and yourself to get messy and explore the world. Also to turn what could be considered a terrible mess into a learning session and a beautiful work of preschool art.
Read the entire article here!
Here is a summary of that they lay out in the article:
Having Patience - someone with patience is a MAJOR plus when working with young children when mistakes happen regularly and are needed for learning. Having patience will help you to cope with many children at once as well as times when children are having melt downs or behavioral issues.
Be Creative - someone who is able to make learning and lessons fun for kids will generally be very creative. Coming up with several activities for each lesson plan, building fun and lasting impressions to teach the youngsters the necessary concepts for kindergarten and beyond.
Embodying Artistic Ability - really goes hand in hand with creativity. The article suggests that you don't need to know how to draw the perfect bowl of fruit but you do need to be able to allow the kids and yourself to get messy and explore the world. Also to turn what could be considered a terrible mess into a learning session and a beautiful work of preschool art.
Read the entire article here!