Most Important Skills For A Kindergarten Teacher At KIPP SoCal
Giselle, a Kindergarten teacher at KIPP SoCal, emphasizes the importance of "strong relationship and collaboration skills," requiring constant communication with parents to understand their children, alongside immense patience to manage young learners' emotional needs. Creativity is also key, designing engaging activities that connect playtime with social-emotional learning standards.
Communication, Patience, Creativity, Collaboration, Relationship Building
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Giselle Mendoza
Kindergarten teacher
KIPP SoCal
UCLA
LMU - MA / credential in Special Education
Anthropology, Sociology
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Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Strong relationship and collaboration skills, including strong communication with parents.
2. A lot of patience to manage young children's behavior and emotional needs.
3. Creativity in designing engaging and educational playtime activities that connect to social-emotional learning standards.
Transcript
What skills are most important for the job of being a kindergarten teacher?
You need strong relationship and collaboration skills because these are young children. It requires a lot of strong connections with the parents and making sure you constantly communicate with them and get to know their child, as they spend a lot of time with you.
You also need a lot of patience. These children have never been to school before. They are four or five years old and don't really know what it's like. Sometimes you will have criers.
So, you need to be able to manage that. You also need to be creative, especially during creative playtime. You need to have different stations for them so they can have fun while connecting what they are learning to social-emotional learning standards.
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