1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a My job title is a preschool teacher. I teach children ages 3 or 4 years old. do? |
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 What field is your job in?
My job is in the education field.
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What is your job title?
My job title is a preschool teacher. I teach children ages 3 or 4 years old.
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
I currently work for a church that provides daycare services. The church affiliation is Church of God. It employs a small number of employees, like around 50 people total.
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How long have you been employed in this position?
I have been employed at this position for about 4 months now.
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
I work 40 hours a week.
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
My duties and responsibilities revolve around taking care of the children in my class. The class size is 10 children per teacher. Other than taking care of them is that I am responsible for making sure that they learn the material that they are supposed to know by the time they enter in the pre-k class.
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
$1,500.00
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
4100
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
I will have general health, dental, life, and vision insurance. I will have a total of 5 personal/sick days, and 5 days vacation. For my retirement plan, I am currently in a 403b.
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
I feel that I am well compensated at my position.
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2. Work environment! |
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Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
My job entails me working with others on a daily basis. I like this aspect of the job very much because it helps me learn to be better at my job and it helps me get to know my co-workers. I also like it because the different types of personalities that I encounter on an everyday basis helps me to understand the differences between me students a little more.
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
I work together with my co-workers to help everything at the daycare run smoothly, from watching a class for another teacher to combining classes because a co-worker is out. My supervisor continually does rounds and makes sure that everything is going well. She also helps whenever I need it if it is possible.
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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5 Income
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4 Work Environment - co-workers
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3 Work Environment - supervisors
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6 Benefits
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2 Hours
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7 Level of responsibility
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1 The actual "work" you do at your job
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8 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
I would recommend that he/she get first aid and CPR training because it is required in this job field. Also, I recommend that he/she ask parents about where they take their children and see if that place is hiring if he/she is having trouble finding job openings. I would say that being yourself is a big thing because the children that he/she would be teaching would know right away what kind of person he/she is.
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
As for the skills, the person should love to be with children, first of all, because he/she is going to be with a class for 8+ hours. The person should be fairly outgoing, or at least be willing to be sociable with co-workers. The person should be organized enough to at least know where things are and be able to keep a classroom clean. As for technical skills, I do not think there are any that are needed besides being able to fix some broken toys/books.
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
I feel like the individual needs to have a lot of experience working and taking care of children in order to be successful.
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
My advice would be to go out there and get as much experience working with children as you can because the students will be able to tell if the person is not experienced. My other piece of advice would be to have patience because some students will really push your buttons, and never take out your anger on the student.
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