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Special Education Teachers, Middle School

$62.99K Median Salary 6.5K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 7.5% Job Growth

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About This Career

Teach academic, social, and life skills to middle school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

Reported Job Titles

Exceptional Children Teacher (EC Teacher), Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher), Inclusion Teacher, Intervention Specialist, Learning Support Teacher, Middle School Special Education Teacher, Self-Contained Special Education Teacher, Special Education Resource Teacher, Teacher

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Written Comprehension

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Near Vision

Originality

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Selective Attention

Knowledge

Education and Training

English Language

Psychology

Customer and Personal Service

Mathematics

Computers and Electronics

Administrative

Therapy and Counseling

Public Safety and Security

Skills

Instructing

Speaking

Active Learning

Active Listening

Learning Strategies

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Social Perceptiveness

Time Management

Coordination

Monitoring

Service Orientation

Writing

Complex Problem Solving

Judgment and Decision Making

Negotiation

Persuasion

Management of Personnel Resources

Technology Skills

Presentation software

Computer based training software

Video creation and editing software

Device drivers or system software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Spell checkers

Voice recognition software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Multi-media educational software

Internet browser software

Data base user interface and query software

Project management software

Tools

Computer mouse

Adaptive communication switches for the physically challenged

Braille devices for the physically challenged

Touch screen monitors

Game pads or joy sticks

Page turners for the physically challenged

Writing aids for the physically challenged

Visual presenters

Mobile medical services first aid kits

Gas burners

Photocopiers

Assistive listening devices

Medical gas cylinders or related devices

Laminators

Voice synthesizers for the physically challenged

Scanners

Enteral feeding administration sets

Cassette players or recorders

Notebook computers

Compasses

Laboratory beakers

Protective gloves

Goggles

Laser printers

Televisions

Hand held camcorders or video cameras

Medical or surgical suction tubings

Laboratory hotplates

Letter or symbol boards for the physically challenged

Keyboards

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Laboratory scalpels

Telecommunication devices TDD or teletypewriters TTY for the physically challenged

Document camera

Childrens science kits

Binocular light compound microscopes

Desktop calculator

Video cassette players or recorders

Wheelchairs

Microphones

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Tablet computers

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