Daily Tasks

• Feed Children
• Bathe (infants possibly)
• Watch Children
• Teach Children
• Play with Children
• Give Naptime

Work Schedule

Normal business hours (9-5). Most day cares are also open a couple hours before and after the normal business hour schedule for the convenience of parents that work a little later and earlier than 9-5.

Salary

A daycare worker makes approximately $9.40 per hour ($19,560 per year).

Work Environment

Daycare workers work with kids, parents, and co-workers. They are in a very stressful and loud setting as well.

Issues/ Problems that may Arise

• Kids might get upset
• Kids may get hurt
• Kids may not listen
• Kids may get too out of control
• Parents get upset with the way something is handled or turns out
• Co-workers may fight about what to do with the kids in a certain situation

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Retirement
• Gets paid on holidays
• Breaks during the work day (approx. 30 min.)

How do Daycare Workers help Children and Families?

• Give parents a chance to have alone time
• Watches children while parents are at work
• Teaches children manners
• Gets children ready for Kindergarten

What kind of Education does a Daycare Worker Require?

A daycare worker should almost always have a high school diploma and some daycare workers may have an ECE (Early Childhood Education).

Work Skills

• Good with kids
• Patient
• Nurturing
• Kind
• Helpful

Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words,but by experiences. Maria Montessori