Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

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Learning Support Teacher, Resource Program Teacher, SPED Resource Teacher (Special Education Resource Teacher), SPED Teacher (Special Education Teacher)

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What they do:
Teach academic, social, and life skills to elementary 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.
On the job, you would:
  • Instruct students with disabilities in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs.
  • Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.

Knowledge

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Business

  • customer service
  • management

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others

Social

  • teaching people how to do something
  • understanding people's reactions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Sincerity
  • Optimism
  • Adaptability
  • Perseverance
  • Empathy
  • Stress Tolerance

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Electronic mail software

  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook Hot Technology

Computer based training software

  • EasyCBM
  • Rethink Ed

Device drivers or system software

  • Screen reader software
  • The vOICe Learning Edition

Education

bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Below Average
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:

$63,000
$47,590
$100,620
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