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Summary Description


	Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

Sample Job Titles

1.	Afterschool Counselor

2.	Aide

3.	Attendant

4.	Au Pair

5.	Baby Attendant

6.	Baby Sitter

7.	Babysitter

8.	Before and After School Daycare Worker

9.	Boarding Mother

10.	Bus Escort

11.	Bus Matron

12.	Child Attendant

13.	Child Care Aide

14.	Child Care Assistant

15.	Child Care Attendant

16.	Child Care Development Specialist

17.	Child Care Provider

18.	Child Care Sitter

19.	Child Care Supervisor

20.	Child Care Teacher

21.	Child Care Worker

22.	Child Caregiver

23.	Child Daycare Worker

24.	Child Life Specialist

25.	Child Monitor

26.	Child's Nurse

27.	Childcare Aide

28.	Childcare Assistant

29.	Childcare Attendant

30.	Childcare Provider

31.	Childcare Specialist

32.	Childcare Worker

33.	Children's Aide

34.	Children's Attendant

35.	Children's Institution Attendant

36.	Children's Lunchroom Supervisor

37.	Classroom Monitor

38.	Day Care Aide

39.	Day Care Assistant

40.	Day Care Attendant

41.	Day Care Home Mother

42.	Day Care Home Provider

43.	Day Care Supervisor

44.	Day Care Worker

45.	Daycare Aide

46.	Daycare Assistant

47.	Daycare Provider

48.	Daycare Teacher

49.	Family Day Care Provider

50.	Governess

51.	Hall Monitor

52.	Home Child Care Provider

53.	Infant and Toddler Teacher

54.	Infant Childcare Provider

55.	Infant Teacher

56.	Instructional Aide

57.	Lunchroom Aide

58.	Lunchroom Attendant

59.	Lunchroom Monitor

60.	Lunchroom Mother

61.	Mother Helper

62.	Mother's Helper

63.	Nanny

64.	Nursemaid

65.	Nursery Attendant

66.	Nursery Day Care Worker

67.	Nursery Helper

68.	Nursery School Attendant

69.	Nursery Supervisor

70.	Parent Aide

71.	Playground Aide

72.	Playground Attendant

73.	Playground Monitor

74.	Playground Supervisor

75.	Playroom Attendant

76.	Pre-Kindergarten Teacher (Pre-K Teacher)

77.	Preschool Aide

78.	Preschool Assistant

79.	Preschool Teacher

80.	School Bus Aide

81.	School Bus Attendant

82.	School Bus Monitor

83.	School Childcare Attendant

84.	Teacher

85.	Teacher Assistant

86.	Toddler Teacher

Job Tasks

	Maintain a safe play environment. Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.

	Dress children and change diapers.

	Observe and monitor children's play activities.

	Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues. Discuss child development and behavior with parents or guardians.

	Provide care for mentally disturbed, delinquent, or handicapped children. Care for patients with mental illnesses.

	Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped. Assist individuals with special needs.

	Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered. Maintain client information or service records.

	Sanitize toys and play equipment. Clean tools or equipment.

	Operate in-house day-care centers within businesses.

	Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts. Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.

	Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention. Monitor health or behavior of people or animals. Discuss child development and behavior with parents or guardians.

	Assist in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children. Prepare foods or meals.

	Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling. Train service staff. Assign duties or work schedules to employees. Perform human resources activities.

	Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits. Teach health or hygiene practices.

	Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans. Develop educational or training programs.

	Help children with homework and school work. Teach daily living skills or behaviors.

	Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas. Clean tools or equipment.

	Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs. Teach daily living skills or behaviors.

	Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books. Teach daily living skills or behaviors.

	Regulate children's rest periods. Develop daily schedules for children or families.

	Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls. Perform administrative or clerical tasks.

	Perform housekeeping duties, such as laundry, cleaning, dish washing, and changing of linens. Perform housekeeping duties.

	Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas. Arrange items for use or display.

	Accompany children to and from school, on outings, and to medical appointments. Accompany individuals or groups to activities.

	Organize and participate in recreational activities and outings, such as games and field trips. Organize recreational activities or events.

	Place or hoist children into baths or pools.

Work Activities

Importance	Work Activity

Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.

Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

Nature of the Work


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Childcare Workers
	Childcare workers provide care for children when parents and other family members are unavailable. They attend to children's basic needs, such as bathing and feeding. In addition, some help children prepare for kindergarten or help older children with homework.

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Working Conditions


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Childcare Workers
	Childcare workers care for children in childcare centers, their own home, or the homes of the children in their care. Many work full time, but part-time work and irregular hours are common.

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