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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”.

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Tasks for “Self-Contained Special Education Teacher”

Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
Organize and label materials and display students' work.
Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine students' strengths and areas of need.
Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
Sponsor extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
Provide interpretation and transcription of regular classroom materials through Braille and sign language.
Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
Provide additional instruction in vocational areas.
Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
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.
Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
Meet with parents and guardians to provide guidance in using community resources and to teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests.
Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
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.
Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.
Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development.
Visit schools to tutor students with sensory impairments and to consult with teachers regarding students' special needs.
Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.

Related Technology & Tools

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Mouth operated joysticks
Reading pens
Emergency first aid kits
Enteral feeding equipment
Portable oxygen equipment
Tablet computers
Braille slates
Braille styluses
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Document cameras
Bunsen burners
Dissection scalpels
Teletypewriters TTY
Alternative computer keyboards
Digital video cameras
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Wheelchairs
Communication boards
Interactive whiteboards
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Oral suction tubes
Science activity kits
Video camcorders
Laminating equipment
Word prediction software
Laboratory heating plates
Safety gloves
Video magnifiers
Optical compound microscopes
Talking calculators
Head operated joysticks
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Sound switches
Page turners
Computer laser printers
Laptop computers
Wireless touch screen monitors
Personal computers
Portable communication devices
Foot operated mouse equipment
Eye controlled computer mouse equipment
Assistive amplification systems
Photocopying equipment
Audio tape recorders or players
Microphones
Pencil compasses

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