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Job Description:
As an early years teacher, you'll be concerned with helping children to achieve early
learning goals. You'll need to:
- Motivate and stimulate a child's learning abilities, often encouraging learning through experience
- Assist with the development of a child's personal, social, language and physical coordination abilities
- Develop and produce visual aids and teaching resources
- Encourage English, mathematical and creative development through stories,
- Songs, games, drawing and imaginative play
- Encourage children to interact with each other and resolve occasional arguments
- Help children develop curiosity and knowledge
- Work with others, including teaching assistants and administration, to plan and
- Coordinate work both indoors and outdoors
- Share knowledge gained with other practitioners
- Build and maintain relationships with parents
- Observe, assess and record each child's progress
- Ensure the health and safety of children is maintained during all activities, both inside and outside the nursery
Job Requirements
For teaching roles you will need to show:
- A respect and fondness for children
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Good organizational skills to plan the children's day and respond to children's different needs
- The ability to inspire and enthuse young children
- Energy, resourcefulness, responsibility, patience and a caring nature
- An understanding of the needs and feelings of children
- Ability to work independently with children, as well as being able to work with a Larger group of children
- Stamina is needed to keep up with the needs and energy of a large group of
- young, lively children. Creative skills such as music, dance, drama, arts and crafts are advantageous.
- Even though nannies are on the premises, it is sometimes necessary to wash or clean a child. Such things are not looked down upon