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Preschool Teaching: A Hot Job
December 6, 2006
To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.
-Alexandra David-Neel
-Alexandra David-Neel
A special feature, "America by the Numbers," in Time magazine (October 30, 2006) listed hot jobs and cold jobs. Here is their projection of the "top five US occupations projected to grow by 2014", ranked by the total number of jobs….
- Postsecondary teachers: 524,000
- Home health aides: 350,000
- Computer-software engineers: 222,000
- Medical assistants: 202,000
- Preschool teachers: 143,000
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Comments (8)
Displaying All 8 Commentsmumbai, United States
interested in observing and experiencing children & their discoveries
Creative Trainers and Consultants
Houston, Texas, United States
You are listing a hot job in 2014 for Pre School Teachers at $143,000. Pre School teachers in Texas mostly make $12,000 to 15,000 yearly. How do you figures this job will grow in the next 8 years to six figures?
Children Worthy of Praise Day Care Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
With the demand of Preschool Teachers
in the near future,we will have to develop a forum to get the honorable pay that we deserve. Under the ...No Child Left Behind Law, one would think that there would be mention of increasing pay. It will be difficult to demand so much and get so little pay from such an honorable profession.
4Cof the UP
Escanaba, MI, United States
It is nice to know that Preschool Teachers are "hot jobs" but it would be even nicer if they got paid as well or similar to elementary school teachers with benefits receive!
Bright Beginnings Child Care
Granite Falls, NC, United States
Yes, the opportunity for jobs will increase because turnover rates for preschool teachers is so high. We need to be able to keep the qualified and dedicated teachers that we already have. We need to be able to pay them what they deserve and be able to offer them competative benefits--which they deserve!!
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Yes, I agree that the numbers will continue to rise but I also wonder if those numbers include those already working in the field, those taking continuing education and those just beginning their ECE education.
I believe it is vital for continuing education but I have sadly seen a trend to choose those young students just completing AA's in ECE over those with degrees maybe in other fields but having also ECE college classes, AA's and even Bachelor's and also more experience working with children.The turnover rate then skyrockets. The critical need for qualified,loving, and consistent care has been proven. The LOW LOW wages, little experience and often no benefits....impacts negatively the teacher turnover and quality and consistent care for our children.
United States
Yes, the number of jobs will increase, but what can we do to ensure that salaries increase to be comparable to school teacher positions?
Also, all our child care center teachers are preschool teachers. Are we counting these?
NYS School Age Care Coalition
Fort Montgomery, NY, United States
It would have been nice to have some interpretive information beyond the figures. For example, did they mention anything about salaries in the article? Or. in the opinion of CCIE, with this demand in mind, what is the likelihood of preschool teachers earning a more worthy wage?
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