Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as durable (95%).

• Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.

• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or special academic interests.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.