Entry Level Qualification 

10

Career Fields 

Education & Teaching

For Specially Abled 

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Career Entrance Exam 

UPJEE BED

About Career 

As a Nursery Teacher, you will be working in public or private nursery or kindergarten schools (schools for children below 5 years of age). You will have to help small children to prepare for primary schools. You will have to teach your students to participate in play activities designed to promote mental, social, and intellectual growth which is needed for higher classes.

You will have to adopt various instructional and teaching methods (including dance, music, acting, cartoons) so that the needs of every child are met. You may have to organize play activities or extra-curricular activities for your students and ensure that every child is equally involved. You should be able to identify children showing signs of health-related, developmental, or emotional problems and discuss them with supervisors, guardians or parents, and child development specialists.

You will be observing and evaluating every child in your class in order to prepare their performance reports. You will have to interact with the guardians of your students to keep them informed about their child’s progress and conduct in school. You may have to coordinate with your colleagues (other teachers and staff members) and participate in discussions and meetings regarding school development, curriculum planning, training workshops, classroom equipment, teacher recruitment, annual functions etc.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

As a Nursery Teacher, you will be engaged with one or more of the following roles and responsibilities: -

1. You will be teaching children below 5 years of age in public or private nursery or kindergarten schools.

2. You will be communicating with your students through games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, field trips, audio-visual aids, e-learning programs etc.

3. You will have to adopt various instructional and teaching methods so that the needs of every child are met.

4. You will be observing and evaluating every child in your class in order to prepare their conduct and performance reports.

5. You will be organizing play activities or extra-curricular activities for your students and ensure every child is equally involved.

6. You will be assigning home-tasks to your students, checking whether every child submits home tasks regularly and grading them as well.

7. You will be interacting with the guardians of your students to keep them informed about their ward’s progress and conduct in school.

8. You will be coordinating with your colleagues (other teachers and staff members) and participate in discussions and meetings regarding school development, curriculum planning, training workshops, classroom equipment, teacher recruitment, annual functions etc.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies - NSQF Level 4 Certificate for ‘Early Childhood Educator’

After Class 10, you can go for National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) Level 4 Training and Certificate program for ‘Early Childhood Educator’ or similar courses. The total number of training hours is 2080.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 with any subject combination as per scheme of studies – D. El. Ed or D. Ed or DPSE or DAE

After Class 12, you can go for any of the following. D. El. Ed (Diploma in Elementary Education) course, D. Ed (Diploma in Education) course, DPSE (Diploma in Preschool Education) course, DAE - Diploma in Arts Education (Visual or Performing Arts) course.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 with any subject combination as per scheme of studies – Diploma / Certificate courses for NTT

After Class 12, you can go for any Diploma / Certificate courses for NTT (Nursery Teacher Training), K-5 (elementary) teachers or pre and primary Teachers (PPTTC - Pre and Primary Teachers Training Certificate), ‘Montessori Teachers Training’, ‘Early Childhood Teachers Training’ or similar. These courses may be in regular or correspondence formats (both classroom and online). There are various private and public institutes across the country providing such courses.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Class 11-12 with any subject combination as per scheme of studies – Integrated B. El. Ed

After Class 12, you can go for any Integrated Bachelor degree courses for B. El. Ed (Bachelor of Elementary Education) degree. Integrated courses are usually 4 year programs.

Required Qualification & Competencies 

After Class 10, you can go for NSQF courses as described.

After Class 11-12, you can go for:

1. D. El. Ed. courses.

2. D. Ed. courses.

3. DPSE courses.

4. DAE (Visual or Performing Arts) courses.

5. Integrated B. Ed. Ed courses.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

1. You should have interests for Social Occupations. Social occupations involve helping or assisting others; these involve working with and communicating with people to provide various services; these may involve educating and advising others.

2. You should have interests for Artistic Occupations. Artistic occupations mostly involve working with creative ideas, art,and designs. These occupations involve abstract or conceptual thinking, creative self-expression and often do not follow any set processes or rules for getting things done.

3. You should have knowledge of Education and Training - various principles and methods of developing training or teaching curriculum, design of instructional methods, developing course materials, teaching and giving instruction individuals and groups.

4. You should have knowledge of Psychology - why and how humans behave the ways they behave. This includes an understanding of mental processes and Knowledge of perception, beliefs, motives, attitudes, personality, values, interests, learning styles and abilities as well as methods to do research and understand causes of behavioral disorders and treating them.

5. You should have Instruction Skills - training others how to do something.

6. You should have Teaching Skills - teaching and educating others about various academic and applied subjects across different academic fields.

7. You should have Critical Thinking skills- Skills in the analysis of complex situations, using logic and reasoning to understand the situations and take appropriate actions or make interpretations and inferences.

8. You should have Public Speaking Skills - Talking effectively to a large group of people or an audience or addressing public at large in different settings such as conferences, seminars, meetings, etc.

9. You should have Supervising Skills - Supervising and monitoring performance of others, businesses, and different projects.

10. You should have Active Listening Skills - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

11. You should have Reading Comprehension Skills - Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

12. You should have Oral Comprehension Ability - listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

13. You should have Oral Expression Ability - communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

14. You should have Deductive Reasoning Ability - apply general rules and common logic to specific problems to produce answers that are logical and make sense. For example, understanding the reasons behind an event or a situation using general rules and common logic.

15. You should have Speech and Language Recognition Ability - identify and understand the speech and language of another person.

16. You should have originality - The ability to come up with unusual or innovative ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

17. You should have Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

18. You are always or most caring, supportive, sympathetic and kind to others.

19. You are always calm or generally remain calm in most situations.

20. You are always or mostly a soft-hearted person.

21. You are always or mostly organised in your day-to-day life and activities.

22. You are fun-loving; you enjoy interacting with people and enjoy yourself.

23. You can always act independently or could do so in most situations.

24. You prefer to experience new things and have new experiences sometimes.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

You will find work roles as:

1. Nursery Teacher

2. Pre-school Teacher

3. Pre-school Demonstrator /counselor

4. Day-care & Care teacher

5. Teacher Pre-Primary

You will find work opportunities in various pre-primary / nursery / kindergarten schools.

CAREER GROWTH

A Nursery Teacher remains so for most of their career. You may transition into a Primary or Secondary School Teacher with higher qualifications.

However, as you grow in experience and years you may also set up your own nursery or pre-primary school whereby you can establish yourself as an Entrepreneur as well as educate young growing minds.

Salary Offered  

1. In the entry-level jobs: You may get about. 6,000.00 – Rs. 16, 000.00 or more a month.

2. After having 1-6 years of experience, you may expect about Rs. 10,000 – Rs. 25, 000 a month or more.

3. After having 6-12 years of experience, you may get about Rs. 15,000.00 – Rs. 45,000 a month or more.

4. In the senior level jobs, with 12-20 years of work experience, you may expect to get about Rs. 20,000 – Rs. 45, 000 a month or more.

MONTHLY EARNINGS IN INDIAN RUPEE 

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Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

1. Training and teaching - Understanding educational and training needs of others, developing training programs and educational programs, conducting training programs, teaching and instructing others.

2. Coaching and developing - Identifying training and professional development needs of others; coaching and training them to develop skills to perform tasks and improve performance.

3. Getting Information and learning - Observing, hearing, reading, using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it.

4. Translating and interpreting - Translating or interpreting information for other people who are written or spoken in languages that other people do not understand.

5. Creative thinking - Developing new ideas, concepts, innovative solutions to problems, newer ways of getting things done, designing products and services and creating effective, user-friendly and appealing products.

6. Assisting and caring for people - Assisting people in availing of services; taking care of people in different situations; offering help and services to others.

7. Developing and maintaining inter-personal relationships - Developing professional relationships with co-workers and others outside organisations and maintaining good relationships.

8. Organising, planning and prioritising tasks - Planning and organising tasks in order to achieve work goals; prioritising tasks to achieve goals and making the best use of the time available.

9. Communicating with co-workers and others– Communicating with people in writing, verbally or otherwise inside your workplace and various other people who have professional relationships with your place of work.

10. Working in a team - Working in a multi-disciplinary team of people; developing a team; maintaining professional relationships among team members.