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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 25-2054.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 64,020.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 0.00
Currently, there are 132,490 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Special Education Teachers, Secondary School”.

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Tasks for “Mentally Retarded Teacher”

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

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