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Special Education Teachers Middle School

• Total Employment: 75,990
• Average Annual Salary: $51,135

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree

• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
• Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
• Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.

• Experience
• A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
• Education
• Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
• Job Training
• Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
• Examples
• Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and special agents.