Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.

Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.

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.

Demonstrate activities to children.

Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or special academic interests.

Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

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.

Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.

Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs.

Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.

Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.

Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.

Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.

Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.

Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of kindergarten programs.

Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.

Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.

Prepare materials, classrooms, and other indoor and outdoor spaces to facilitate creative play, learning and motor-skill activities, and safety.

Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate children's progress.

Organize and label materials and display children's work in a manner appropriate for their sizes and perceptual skills.

Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.

Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.

Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.

Involve parent volunteers and older students in children's activities to facilitate involvement in focused, complex play.

Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine children's developmental levels and needs.

Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.

Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.

Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.

Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.

Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.

Encourage students.

Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.

Teach life skills.

Apply multiple teaching methods.

Read to students.

Advise students on academic or career matters.

Monitor student performance.

Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.

Evaluate student work.

Set up classroom materials or equipment.

Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.

Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.

Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.

Maintain student records.

Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.

Develop instructional objectives.

Plan educational activities.

Create technology-based learning materials.

Teach others to use technology or equipment.

Provide for basic needs of children.

Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.

Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.

Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.

Prepare tests.

Display student work.

Document lesson plans.

Plan experiential learning activities.

Evaluate performance of educational staff.

Supervise student research or internship work.

Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.

Serve on institutional or departmental committees.

Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.

Distribute instructional or library materials.

Order instructional or library materials or equipment.

Supervise school or student activities.

Assist students with special educational needs.