Child Care Assistants
Miranda DuVal - 8th hour
Career Overview
You will plan and guide preschool aged children in developmentally appropriate activities. You will usually care for children under the age of 5.
What You Need To Succeed!
Some classes you would need to take in high school are Family and Consumer Science, Health and Fitness, and Child and Parent Development. As far as college, you would need a Diploma/Certificate.
Cost of Eductaion and Living
For Moraine Park Technical College the grand total would be $29,864.
Tuition- $17,002
Book Fees- $316
House/food- $11,320
Other Fees- $3,581
Most people would have to apply for financial aid, loans or scholarships. Part time jobs would also help with the cost for any expenses.
Associations/Professional Organizations
National Association of Child Care Professionals- http://www.earlylearningleaders.org/?
Child Care Assistance- http://www.co.brown.wi.us/departments/page_8d933626ed93/?department=dd09bd30c78e&subdepartment=a20fd9bbaae3
Pros and Cons
Pros- Get to be with kids, Makes good money, A lot of job openings
Cons- Not a lot of opening in Wisconsin, Having kids with bad behaviors
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Do you love kids? Then becoming a Child Care Assistance would be a awesome job for you. You would get to take care of kids and interact with their parent/s and get to even help out teachers at times. If you wanted to go to college all you would need to graduate with is a diploma or certificate for child care. This job pays 16,150 to 28,070 depending on where you work and how much you will be working. This can be a part time job or full time depending on what you are looking for. Hope you become one and have an amazing time with the loving children.