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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”.
Also Known As…
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
- Teacher
- Special Education Teacher
- Special Education Resource Teacher
- Resource Teacher
- Learning Support Teacher
- Learning Disabilities Special Education Teacher (LD Special Education Teacher)
- Interrelated Special Education Teacher
- High School Special Education Teacher
- Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher)
- Career and Transition Teacher
- Vocational Training Teacher
- Vocational Trainer
- Visually Impaired Teacher
- Various Exceptionalities Teacher
- Transition Teacher
- TMH Teacher (Trainable Mentally Handicapped Teacher)
- Special Education Work-Study Coordinator
- Special Education Science Teacher
- Special Education Math Teacher
- Special Education Itinerant Teacher
- Special Education Instructor
- Special Education Inclusion Teacher
- Special Education Administrator
- Special Day Class Teacher (SDC Teacher)
- SLD Inclusion Teacher (Specific Learning Disabilities Inclusion Teacher)
- Sign Language Teacher
- Severe Emotional Disorders High School Teacher
- Severe Disabilities Special Education Teacher
- Self-Contained Classroom Special Education Teacher
- Self Contained Unit Intervention Specialist
- SED High School Teacher
- Secondary Special Education Teacher
- Secondary School Special Ed Teacher
- Resource Specialist Teacher
- Resource Specialist Program Special Education Instructor (RSP Special Education Instructor)
- Resource Specialist
- Resource Center Teacher
- Remedial Reading, Math, or Other Subject Teacher
- Reading Specialist
- Physically Impaired Teacher
- Orthopedically Impaired Teacher (OI Teacher)
- Moderate Needs Teacher
- Mild Disabilities Teacher
- Mild and Moderate Disabilities Special Education Teacher
- MH Teacher (Mentally Handicapped Teacher)
- Mentally Retarded Teacher
- Mentally Impaired Teacher
- Lip Reading Teacher
- Life Skills Teacher
- Learning Specialist
- Learning Disabled Teacher
- Learning Disabilities Resource Teacher (LD Resource Teacher)
- Intervention Specialist
- Inclusion Special Educator
- In-Class Special Education Teacher
- High School Learning Support Teacher
- Hearing Impaired Teacher
- Handicapped Teacher
- Exceptional Children's Teacher (EC Teacher)
- Emotionally Impaired Teacher
- Emotional Support Teacher
- Emotional Disabilities Teacher
- Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Teacher (EBD Teacher)
- EMD Special Education Teacher (Educable Mentally Disabled Special Education Teacher)
- ED Special Education Teacher (Emotional Disability Special Education Teacher)
- Deaf Teacher
- Cross Categorical Special Education Teacher
- Collaborative Teacher
- Braille Teacher
- Blind Teacher
- Behavior Specialist
Tasks for “Teacher of the Handicapped”
- Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
- 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.
- Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine students' strengths and areas of need.
- 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.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
- Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
- Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
- Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
- Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
- Visit schools to tutor students with sensory impairments and to consult with teachers regarding students' special needs.
- Provide interpretation and transcription of regular classroom materials through Braille and sign language.
- Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
- Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
- Teach personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
- Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
- Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
- Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development.
- Monitor teachers and teacher assistants to ensure that they adhere to inclusive special education program requirements.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
- Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.
- Meet with parents and guardians to provide guidance in using community resources and to teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
- 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.
- Provide additional instruction in vocational areas.
- Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
- Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
Related Technology & Tools
- Jellybean switches
- Document cameras
- Interactive whiteboards
- Enteral feeding equipment
- Computer laser printers
- Teletypewriters TTY
- Alternative computer keyboards
- Laboratory heating plates
- Video magnifiers
- Oral suction tubes
- Microphones
- Communication boards
- Braille slates
- Sound switches
- Dissection scalpels
- Video camcorders
- Laptop computers
- Glass beakers
- Desktop computers
- Multimedia projection equipment
- Television monitors
- Page turners
- Laminating equipment
- Science activity kits
- Tablet computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Mouth operated joysticks
- Optical compound microscopes
- Audio tape recorders or players
- Reading pens
- Talking calculators
- Video cassette recorders VCR
- Assistive amplification systems
- Word prediction software
- Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
- Trackballs
- Bunsen burners
- Personal computers
- Braille styluses
- Safety goggles
- Wheelchairs
- Wireless touch screen monitors
- Foot operated mouse equipment
- Eye controlled computer mouse equipment
- Safety gloves
- Head operated joysticks
- Digital video cameras
- Pencil compasses
- Portable communication devices
- Portable oxygen equipment
- Emergency first aid kits
- Web browser software
- Voice activated software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Screen magnification software
- Email software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Screen reader software
- Video editing software
- Text to speech software
- Hand held spell checkers
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word