Childcare

__**Childcare-**__ Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and child care institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

__Social__ - Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
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Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts. Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped. Sanitize toys and play equipment. Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books. Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention. Observe and monitor children's play activities. Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered. Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits. Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs. Organize and participate in recreational activities, such as games. Assist in preparing food for children and serve meals and refreshments to children and regulate rest periods.

active listening, learning stratigies, learning perceptivness, monitoring, and critical thinking.
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These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
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In NY the average wage for this occupation was $17,040 for entry level workers, and $26,890 for experienced workers.
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During 2006, there were approximately 119,200 Child Care Workers employed in NY. A prediction that in 2016 there will be 131,300 employed in NY. This represents an increase of 1,210 job(s) each year, and a total of 3,420 job openings each year.
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