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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 “SLD Teacher (Specific Learning Disability Teacher)”

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

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