Special Education Teachers, Middle School
Also called:
Special Education Teacher, Special Education Resource Teacher, Teacher, Middle School Special Education Teacher
What they do:
Teach middle 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.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
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
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- teaching people how to do something
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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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:
- Concern for Others
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Cooperation
- Integrity
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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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master's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$55,000
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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