Child care sitter vs daycare provider assistant

The differences between child care sitters and daycare provider assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a child care sitter and a daycare provider assistant. Additionally, a child care sitter has an average salary of $33,416, which is higher than the $29,882 average annual salary of a daycare provider assistant.

The top three skills for a child care sitter include CPR, kids and child care. The most important skills for a daycare provider assistant are child care, kids, and CPR.

Child care sitter vs daycare provider assistant overview

	Child Care Sitter	Daycare Provider Assistant
Yearly salary	$33,416	$29,882
Hourly rate	$16.07	$14.37
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	125,552	73,544
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 35%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	2	2

What does a child care sitter do?

A child care sitter is someone who takes charge of the welfare and health of children as their parents are not around. Child care sitters perform every aspect of caring for a child including hygiene, meals, and educational activities. They are responsible for disciplining children and for keeping records of their daily activities. They ensure a safe environment, meal preparation, dressing and bathing, housework, and medicine administration. Among the skills, they need to develop include confidence, patience, creativity, multitasking, and time management.

What does a daycare provider assistant do?

A daycare provider assistant is responsible for performing a variety of duties in taking care of children, either in a daycare setting or a private setup. Daycare provider assistants duties' include helping children with their homework, planning fun and engaging activities, ensuring healthy meals and snacks, and maintaining the safety of the facility for children's use. Daycare provider assistants also play with children during free time, read them stories, observe their behaviors, and immediately report concerns with the children's parents or guardians.

Child care sitter vs daycare provider assistant salary

Child care sitters and daycare provider assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Child Care Sitter	Daycare Provider Assistant
Average salary	$33,416	$29,882
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $49,000	Between $20,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between child care sitter and daycare provider assistant education

There are a few differences between a child care sitter and a daycare provider assistant in terms of educational background:

	Child Care Sitter	Daycare Provider Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 35%
Most common major	Nursing	Business
Most common college	University of Virginia	University of Virginia

Child care sitter vs daycare provider assistant demographics

Here are the differences between child care sitters' and daycare provider assistants' demographics:

	Child Care Sitter	Daycare Provider Assistant
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 16.4% Female, 83.6%	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 56.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 7.1% White, 57.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between child care sitter and daycare provider assistant duties and responsibilities

Child care sitter example responsibilities.

Perform first aid or CPR when require.
Help kids with homework, doing arts and crafts project together and making snacks!
Look after children while parents work out, basic first aid and cpr certify, creative and quick thinking ,
Provide group and individual behavior support and intervention as trained, including the use of TCI appropriate physical restraint as necessary.
Create math, reading, bible, and art lessons.

Daycare provider assistant example responsibilities.

Practice emergency fire evacuation and basic first aid procedures; certify in pediatric, infant, and adult CPR.
Fulfill all childcare duties such as dressing, changing diapers, training in CPR, water safety and fire safety
Administer programs to promote educational programs such as ABC'S , 123'S colors, shapes, reading books etc.
Read books and play with toddlers, put kids down for nap time, provide meals for children throughout the day.
Administer learning materials, provide one-on-on tutoring and supervise kids during time of play.
Implement learning, such as ABCs, name writing and counting through play and crafts

Child care sitter vs daycare provider assistant skills

Common child care sitter skills

CPR, 29%
Kids, 23%
Child Care, 15%
Healthy Meals, 8%
PET, 8%
Patient Care, 7%

Common daycare provider assistant skills

Child Care, 60%
Kids, 11%
CPR, 8%
Homework Assignments, 3%
Learning Environment, 2%
Meal Preparation, 2%

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