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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 25-2053.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 61,910.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 0.00
- Currently, there are 90,250 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Special Education Teachers, Middle School”.
Also Known As…
- Special Education Teachers, Middle School
- Teacher
- Special Education Teacher
- Special Education Resource Teacher
- Self-Contained Special Education Teacher
- Middle School Special Education Teacher
- Learning Support Teacher
- Intervention Specialist
- Inclusion Teacher
- Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher)
- Exceptional Children Teacher (EC Teacher)
- Vocational Training Teacher
- Vocational Trainer
- Visually Impaired Teacher
- VE Teacher (Varying Exceptionalities Teacher)
- TMR Teacher (Trainable Mentally Retarded Teacher)
- TMD Teacher (Trainable Mentally Disabled Teacher)
- Teacher of the Handicapped
- Teacher of the Emotionally Disturbed
- Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Special Needs Teacher
- Special Educator
- Special Education Collaborative Program Teacher
- Special Education Administrator
- Special Day Class Teacher (SPD Teacher)
- Special Day Class Teacher (SDC Teacher)
- SLP Teacher (Speech and Language Pathologist Teacher)
- SLD Teacher (Specific Learning Disability Teacher)
- Sign Language Teacher
- Severe Emotional Disorders Middle School Teacher
- Self Contained Behavior Unit Teacher
- SED Special Education Teacher (Severe Emotional Disorders Special Education Teacher)
- SED Middle School Teacher
- Resource Specialist Teacher
- Resource Room Teacher
- Remedial Reading, Math, or Other Subject Teacher
- Remedial Reading Teacher
- Reading Specialist
- Physically Impaired Teacher
- NSH Teacher (Non-Severely Handicapped Teacher)
- MR Teacher (Mentally Retarded Teacher)
- MOMD Teacher (Moderate Mental Disability Teacher)
- MOID Middle School Teacher (Moderately Intellectually Disabled Middle School Teacher)
- MMI Teacher (Mildly Mentally Impaired Teacher)
- MMD Unit Teacher (Mild Mental Disability Unit Teacher)
- Middle School Teacher for Students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
- Middle School Resource Teacher
- MID Teacher (Mildly Intellectually Disabled Teacher)
- Mentally Impaired Teacher
- Lip Reading Teacher
- Life Skills Teacher
- Least Restricted Environment Facilitator (LRE Facilitator)
- Learning Support Resource Room Teacher
- Learning Disabled Teacher
- Learning Disabilities Teacher (LD Teacher)
- Learning Disabilities Specialist
- Learning Disabilities Special Education Teacher
- Learning Disabilities Resource Teacher (LD Resource Teacher)
- Learning Center Instructor
- Learning and Behavior Disorders Special Education Teacher (LBD Special Education Teacher)
- Interrelated Special Education Teacher
- Individual Small Group Instructor
- Individual Education Program Team Leader (IEP Team Leader)
- Hearing Impaired Teacher (HI Teacher)
- Handicapped Teacher
- Functional Mental Disability Teacher (FMD Teacher)
- Emotionally Impaired Teacher
- EMD Teacher (Educable Mentally Disabled Teacher)
- Educational Specialist
- Educational Resource Center Teacher (ERC Teacher)
- ED Special Education Teacher (Emotional Disabilities Special Education Teacher)
- EBD Special Education Teacher (Emotional-Behavioral Disabilities Special Education Teacher)
- Early Intervention Specialist
- Deaf Teacher
- Braille Teacher
- Blind Teacher
- Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled Teacher (BED Teacher)
- Behavior Specialist
- BD Special Education Teacher (Behavioral Disorders Special Education Teacher)
Tasks for “Resource Teacher”
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
- Provide additional instruction in vocational areas.
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
- Monitor teachers and teacher assistants to ensure that they adhere to inclusive special education program requirements.
- Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
- Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine students' strengths and areas of need.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
- Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development.
- Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Organize and label materials and display students' work.
- Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
- Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
- Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
- Sponsor extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
- Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
- Meet with parents and guardians to provide guidance in using community resources and to teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
- Provide interpretation and transcription of regular classroom materials through Braille and sign language.
- Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests.
- Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
- Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
- Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
- Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
- Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
- Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
- Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Visit schools to tutor students with sensory impairments and to consult with teachers regarding students' special needs.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Jellybean switches
- Word prediction software
- Dissection scalpels
- Talking calculators
- Bunsen burners
- Head operated joysticks
- Desktop computers
- Foot operated mouse equipment
- Science activity kits
- Communication boards
- Assistive amplification systems
- Glass beakers
- Portable oxygen equipment
- Mouth operated joysticks
- Braille styluses
- Audio tape recorders or players
- Laptop computers
- Trackballs
- Braille slates
- Tablet computers
- Safety gloves
- Digital video cameras
- Optical compound microscopes
- Video magnifiers
- Wireless touch screen monitors
- Photocopying equipment
- Teletypewriters TTY
- Alternative computer keyboards
- Page turners
- Video camcorders
- Eye controlled computer mouse equipment
- Microphones
- Document cameras
- Video cassette recorders VCR
- Pencil compasses
- Wheelchairs
- Interactive whiteboards
- Portable communication devices
- Computer laser printers
- Laboratory heating plates
- Laminating equipment
- Personal computers
- Television monitors
- Reading pens
- Enteral feeding equipment
- Safety goggles
- Oral suction tubes
- Emergency first aid kits
- Sound switches
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Voice activated software
- Screen magnification software
- Text to speech software
- Email software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Screen reader software
- Web browser software
- Hand held spell checkers
- Video editing software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel