Overview & Salary
Overview
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.
On the job, you would:
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
- Develop or write Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students.
Education
- master's degree
- bachelor's degree
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $48,140
Annual median $66,600
Annual 90th percentile $105,320
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Math and Science
- psychology
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Business
- customer service
Skills
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- figuring out how to use new ideas or things
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
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Social
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
- Concern for Others
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
Abilities
Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted