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How to become Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
Median annual wage for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare (11-9031) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Advise others on career or personal development.
- Monitor performance of organizational members or partners.
- Evaluate employee performance.
- Conduct employee training programs.
- Recruit personnel.
- Teach classes in area of specialization.
- Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures.
- Develop organizational policies or programs.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Reading Comprehension4.0/5
- Active Listening4.0/5
- Speaking4.0/5
- Critical Thinking4.0/5
- Monitoring4.0/5
- Coordination4.0/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.9/5
- Instructing3.9/5
- Service Orientation3.9/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.9/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Social6.6/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising4.8/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Conventional4.3/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Investigative3.0/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Artistic2.9/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Realistic1.1/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
