Pay for Head Start teachers varies depending on where you teach. In some areas, the wage can be over $10.00 an hour. but in some it can be a lot less than that. You do not get paid over the summer, but it might be possible to get unemployment in some areas. Pay and benefits depend on the individual Head Start programs, but in most cases Head Start pay does not come close to what regular teachers earn and the expectations are just as high.
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Challenges of a Head Start teacher include: coming up with fun ways to teach the children while allowing them to have fun, managing a class when several of the children have special needs, finding and making visual aids, etc.
Head Start programs are administered locally, so benefits from program to program can vary. They can include: sick days and getting unemployment in the summer.
Some jobs that you can get at Head Start are: Director Supervisor Lead Teacher Assistant Teacher Family Advocate Cook and others.
No, Head Start was started under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Bachelor's degrees in early childhood education are preferred for Lead Teachers, but Assistant Teachers can have an associate's degree. That may change, though.
It depends. Head Start almost always follows the same schedule as the public schools, but some are open and some are closed on Veteran's Day. To know if a particular Head Start is closed on Veterans Day, you should call the Local Head Start office.
The State Head Start office address is: Oklahoma Head Start State Collaboration Office OKACAA 605 Centennial Boulevard Edmond, OK 73013