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Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare

Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.

What you’d do

  • Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.
  • Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems.
  • Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children.
  • Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment and authorize purchases.
  • Direct and coordinate activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers, schools, public agencies, or institutions.
  • Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.
  • Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
  • Review and evaluate new and current programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with state, local, and federal regulations and recommend any necessary modifications.

Skills that matter

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking
  • Active Learning

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Child Care Director
  • Childcare Director
  • Education Coordinator
  • Education Director
  • Child Care Center Director
  • Day Care Director

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