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Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

$63.56K Median Salary 11.7K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 7.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary 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

Career and Transition Teacher, High School Special Education Teacher, Interrelated Special Education Teacher, Learning Disabilities Special Education Teacher (LD Special Education Teacher), Learning Support Teacher, Resource Teacher, Special Day Class Teacher (SDC Teacher), Special Education Resource Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Teacher

Career data shown for:  
Annual Salary:
$46.88K to $102.85K
Employment:
152.49K Employed
7.7% Annual Growth
11.7K proj. annual openings
Typical Education:
Bachelor's degree
More Details
Career Entry Level:
Bachelor's degree
No work experience
No on-the-job training

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Speech Clarity
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Recognition
Deductive Reasoning
Fluency of Ideas
Inductive Reasoning
Near Vision
Information Ordering
Category Flexibility
Originality
Selective Attention
Flexibility of Closure
Far Vision

Knowledge

English Language
Education and Training
Computers and Electronics
Mathematics
Customer and Personal Service
Psychology
Administration and Management
Administrative
Public Safety and Security
Therapy and Counseling
Geography
Sociology and Anthropology

Skills

Learning Strategies
Active Listening
Instructing
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking
Writing
Coordination
Monitoring
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Time Management
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Learning
Persuasion
Negotiation

Technology Skills

Presentation software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Electronic mail software
Device drivers or system software
Spreadsheet software
Document management software
Computer based training software
Desktop publishing software
Video creation and editing software
Spell checkers
Voice recognition software
Office suite software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Word processing software
Internet browser software
Data base user interface and query software
Web page creation and editing 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
Liquid crystal display projector
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
Multimedia projectors
Binocular light compound microscopes
Desktop calculator
Video cassette players or recorders
Wheelchairs
Microphones
Desktop computers
Personal computers
Tablet computers

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