Question

2 Match the jobs in early childhood education to their descriptions: 1. preschool teacher

2. childcare worker

3. nanny/au-pair

4. assistant teacher

5. head teacher

6. director

a. It is the administrator who supervises the functions of the whole

organisation; she also develops the curriculum, hires and trains the staff, handles crises and manages the finances.

b. They work for individual families in their homes and manage

the total care of the child or children, including feeding and developmental guidance.

c. This person takes overall care for children in kindergartens and makes

that children get adequate food and rest throughout the day.

d. She is in charge of the beachers and assistant teachers and is responsible for planning and implementing the curriculum, keeping records and organising staff development activities.

e. They typically work with children aged from three to five or six

and teach them important basic skills (natural science, literacy and cumeracy) They develop lessons and educational activities that prepare children for school Sometimes they do art projects and give music lessons

f. It is often a teacher in training (for example, a third-year college

student) who helps a teacher with all the activities in the classroom.

Answer 1

1) e
2) c
3) b
4) f
5) d
6) a