The Importance Of Becoming An Early Childhood Educator

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Just like Rawlings had once said, “I am able to make a significant impact on the lives of children and families that use this setting” (128). This can be true for those who have the passion and want to change lives, but how does someone change a life on another human being? Does it start from becoming a fireman, a policeman, or even a doctor? These are all great ways to change a life, but this writer is going to talk about how becoming an Early Childhood Educator can change the life of a child. Working with children at a young age can be a great challenge, but having the feeling of success makes all the difficulties disappear. Becoming a teacher in general isn’t easy, it requires hard work, dedication, and motivation. That’s the beauty in …show more content…

This occupation contains many fields like a Preschool teacher, a Kindergarten teacher, or First through Third grade teacher. In each of these field there are some requirements in education whether it’s just a high school degree or even a bachelor’s. Some states may require a teacher to have some form of license, certification, registration, and/or higher degree. Along with having an educational background a teacher also needs to have skills when working with children. Some skills that are needed is communication, creativity, interpersonal, organizational, and patience. Early Childhood is an occupation that does require hard work, but this career is great for those who have a passion for children. Many contemplate why they would want to become an Early Childhood Educator. Some may enjoy the challenge of teaching and the new experiences in the classroom every day. Others choose to teach because they love to be around young children while helping them grown in knowledge. Becoming a teacher might not been the first objection and some may even refuse the idea, until they have had successfully helped a child learn their ABC’s or even just counting to ten. No matter what the reason may be, working with children can have it

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