ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

• ANNE POWELL

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Importance of being a teacher

• Kindergarten teachers play a vital role in the
  development of children.
• What children learn and experience during their
  early years can shape their views of themselves
  and can affect their later success or failure in
  school, work, and their personal lives.   

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Tools that teachers use

•  Preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
  teachers use tools such as these to teach basic
  skills
• -games
• -music
• -artwork
• -films
• -books
• -computers

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Main job of kindergarten teachers

• Letter recognition, phonics, numbers, and
  awareness of nature and science, introduced at
  the preschool level, are taught primarily by
  kindergarten teachers.

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Some statistics

•       Preschool, kindergarten, elementary school,
  middle school, and secondary school teachers,
  except special education, held about 3.8 million
  jobs in 2002. Of the teachers in those jobs,
  about 1.5 million were elementary school
  teachers, 1.1 million were secondary school
  teachers, 602,000 were middle school teachers,
  424,000 were preschool teachers, and 168,000 were
  kindergarten teachers 

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For anyone interested in becoming a teacher

• http//www.rnt.org
• -Anyone interested in becoming a teacher must be
  certified
• Florida Teacher Certification Exam
  (FTCE)