1. Duke University
Durham, NC • Private
In-State Tuition
$55,695
Enrollment
6,596
Assistant daycare teachers assist daycare teachers in monitoring the class and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the toddlers. Your activities would include ensuring the tidiness of the daycare space, changing diapers, attending to crying babies, feeding them, and preventing them from any harm. It helps to be knowledgeable in child development and early childhood education as you might function as a teacher of some sort. It also helps because you can observe some irregularities in the developmental process of some children, which would have to be discussed with the parents or guardians.
You usually require no previous work experience for this role, and a high school diploma would suffice. These days, employers are on the lookout for assistants certified in CPR and first aid. Patience, empathy, organizational, and problem-solving skills are only a few of the daily skills needed to deal with toddlers. It helps if you naturally love children as well.
Daycare assistants earn $15.29 an hour and $31,799 a year.
