Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
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Job summary
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Special Education or related field is typically required.
- Strong communication skills in writing and speaking are essential.
- Experience in teaching or a related environment is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students.
- Confer with parents or guardians on students' progress.
- Attend professional meetings and educational conferences.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
Special Education Professor Definition: 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.
- Observe and evaluate students’ performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students’ behavioral and academic problems.
- Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students’ needs and progress.
- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
- Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
These are the skills Special Education Professors say are the most useful in their careers:
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
- Education Specialist
- Handicapped Teacher
- High School Special Education Teacher
- Exceptional Children’s Teacher (EC Teacher)
- Braille Teacher
In the United States, there were 131,900 jobs for Special Education Professor in 2016. New jobs are being produced at a rate of 7.4% which is above the national average. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 9,700 new jobs for Special Education Professor by 2026. The BLS estimates 10,500 yearly job openings in this field.
The states with the most job growth for Special Education Professor are Utah, Colorado, and Nevada. Watch out if you plan on working in Connecticut, Maine, or Wyoming. These states have the worst job growth for this type of profession.
The typical yearly salary for Special Education Professors is somewhere between $40,560 and $98,290.
Special Education Professors who work in California, Oregon, or New York, make the highest salaries.
- Alabama — $46,810
- Alaska — $77,210
- Arizona — $50,190
- Arkansas — $51,430
- California — $82,380
- Colorado — $55,780
- Connecticut — $77,520
- Delaware — $64,680
- District of Columbia — $73,240
- Florida — $55,080
- Georgia — $58,260
- Hawaii — $56,680
- Idaho — $51,180
- Illinois — $69,840
- Indiana — $53,450
- Iowa — $57,730
- Kansas — $54,050
- Kentucky — $54,940
- Louisiana — $51,940
- Maine — $51,910
- Maryland — $71,340
- Massachusetts — $76,080
- Michigan — $63,700
- Minnesota — $62,670
- Mississippi — $49,460
- Missouri — $48,840
- Montana — $50,200
- Nebraska — $59,490
- Nevada — $59,480
- New Hampshire — $61,480
- New Jersey — $75,970
- New Mexico — $55,270
- New York — $86,330
- North Carolina — $48,820
- North Dakota — $58,220
- Ohio — $60,340
- Oklahoma — $45,530
- Oregon — $84,350
- Pennsylvania — $63,260
- Rhode Island — $74,600
- South Carolina — $55,560
- South Dakota — $43,040
- Tennessee — $54,010
- Texas — $58,570
- Utah — $46,820
- Vermont — $61,990
- Virginia — $61,890
- Washington — $66,400
- West Virginia — $43,820
- Wisconsin — $53,310
- Wyoming — $60,160
Although they’re not necessarily needed for all jobs, the following technologies are used by many Special Education Professors:
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Access
- Email software
- Word processing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Video editing software
- Screen reader software
- Text to speech software
- Screen magnification software
- Voice activated software
What education or degrees do I need to become a Special Education Professor?
Special Education Professors work in the following industries:
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- College Factual
- O*NET Online
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