Research Catalog

Title

Careers in child care / Marjorie Eberts and Margaret Gisler.

Author

Eberts, Marjorie.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.

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• Publisher description
• Contributor biographical information

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Details

Additional Authors

Gisler, Margaret.

Description

viii, 232 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Child care workers > Vocational guidance

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and index.

Contents

• 1. Child care careers, an introduction -- So many choices exist today for careers associated with children -- Finding the right child care career -- The current and future outlook for jobs -- Learning more about child care careers -- 2. Learning all about children -- Checklist of expected listening skills -- Checklist of expected thinking skills -- Checklist of expected fine motor skills -- Checklist of expected social skills -- Checklist of expected self-help skills -- Checklist of expected self-esteem skills -- Checklist of expected speaking skills -- Checklist of expected prereading skills -- Checklist of expected math skills -- Checklist of expected gross motor skills -- How caregivers learn about children and their development -- 3. Working in child care centers -- Child care workers are needed -- Many choices for working with children -- History of child care centers -- Ownership of child care centers -- Required skills for child care center workers -- Training in the United States -- Training in Canada -- Positions for child care workers -- Looking at child care center workers in the United States and Canada -- Salary and fringe benefits -- Employment outlook --
• 4. Caring for children in your home -- Required skills for at-home child caregivers -- Where to find help in setting up a family child care home -- Basic steps involved in starting a family child care home -- Sound business practices need to be followed -- Turning a home into a family child care home -- Family child care programs need to be educationally sound -- Marketing the family child care business -- Foster care home programs -- Another career possibility : group home care -- The rewards of caring for children in a home setting -- 5. Working as a nanny -- Need for nannies skyrockets -- Nannies are not babysitters -- Prerequisites for being a nanny -- A nanny's duties -- On the job with a nanny -- Profile of a nanny -- Nanny code of conduct -- Nanny support groups -- Salary and fringe benefits -- What it takes to become a nanny -- Applying to a nanny school -- Finding employment as a nanny -- Three nannies tell about their backgrounds and first jobs -- The au pair experience -- The rewards of being a nanny -- 6. Working as a babysitter -- Learning babysitting skills -- Babysitters need to be aware of how children develop -- The babysitter's responsibilities -- The business side of babysitting -- Helpful hints from a young babysitter -- Babysitters are important caregivers --
• 7. Educating children -- What it takes to be a teacher -- Children's first teachers -- Kindergarten teachers -- Elementary school teachers -- Middle school teachers -- Subject teachers in elementary school -- Salary and fringe benefits -- Unique benefits of being a teacher -- Employment outlook -- Getting a head start on becoming a teacher -- More jobs in education -- Applying for a job as a teacher -- The challenge of teaching -- 8. Working with children in sports and recreation careers -- Helping children gain sports skills -- Where sports jobs are found -- How to become a sports instructor or coach -- What it takes to be a sports instructor or coach -- The life of a sports instructor -- More jobs for sports instructors -- Employment outlook and earnings -- Helping children gain recreation skills -- What it takes to be a recreation worker -- How to become a recreation worker -- Where the jobs in recreation are -- Employment outlook -- The benefits of a career in sports and recreation -- 9. Keeping children healthy -- The story of pediatric medicine -- Education is a prerequisite for health care careers -- Employment outlook -- Pediatricians and pediatric nurses -- Children's dentistry -- Professionals who counsel children -- Speech-language pathologists -- The children's hospital as a workplace -- Child life specialists -- Health care professionals are held in high esteem --
• 10. Ensuring the welfare of children -- Social worker as a career -- Police officers in youth services -- Careers within the juvenile justice system -- the satisfaction of safeguarding children's welfare -- 11. Introducing children to the world of arts and entertainment -- Careers with children and the arts -- Careers entertaining children -- Arts and entertainment careers are rewarding -- 12. Additional careers working with children -- A new career area -- What being a children's librarian is like -- What being a children's photographer is like -- What being an employee in a children's museum is like -- What being a youth minister is like -- What being a salesperson in a children's retail store is like -- What being a creator of children's products is like -- What working with children and computers is like -- Still more jobs exist -- 13. Searching for a job working with children -- The best areas to find jobs -- The best way to search for a job -- Creating the résumé that will attract attention -- Creating outstanding cover letters -- Doing one's best at an interview -- The actual interview -- Focusing on the future -- Appendix. Sources of additional information.

Call Number

HQ778.5

ISBN

• 0071482113 (alk. paper)
• 9780071482110 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2007010431

OCLC

85892429

Author

Eberts, Marjorie.

Title

Careers in child care / Marjorie Eberts and Margaret Gisler.

Imprint

New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.

Edition

3rd ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and index.

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Table of contents only

Publisher description

Contributor biographical information

Added Author

Gisler, Margaret.

Research Call Number

*R-SIBL HQ778.5 .E24 2008 Job Search Central