Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Also called:
Special Education Teacher, Teacher, High School Special Education Teacher, Special Education Resource Teacher
What they do:
Teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
On the job, you would:
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
- Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Math and Science
- psychology
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Business
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Basic Skills
- using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Social
- teaching people how to do something
- looking for ways to help people
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- come up with lots of ideas
- use rules to solve problems
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Memory
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
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People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Self Control
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Device drivers or system software
- Screen magnification software
- Screen reader software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$55,990
per year, on average
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