Table 1 Tasks performed by educators by category
From: Educators' working conditions in a day care centre on ownership of a non-profit organization
Category | Description of activity |
|---|---|
Documentation and administrative tasks | Writing observation forms, documentation assessment for schools, keep a diary of the progress of the children |
Child care | Change nappies, help children to change clothes |
Meals | Providing of food, feeding of smaller children |
Afternoon nap | Supervision of the afternoon nap |
Contact to parents | Welcoming, parents' evenings |
Educational work | Singing, sportive activities, preparation und conducting of small experiments |
Cleaning | Cleansing of rooms and toys, plants and animal husbandry |
Continuing education/Supervision | Attendance at continuing education, supervision of work |
Individual contact | Settle a dispute, console a child, welcoming of a child, individual support |
Walking | Walking around between tasks (e.g. inside and outside of the day care centre, excursion) |
Rest period: Break | Time of recovery (e.g. lunch) |
Playing | Playing with children, surveillance of playing children |
Internal Communication/meetings | Conversation with other educators or other staff, telephone calls |