How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Middle School

  • Mentally Impaired Teacher
  • Mentally Retarded Teacher
  • Mildly Mentally Impaired Teacher
  • Remedial Reading, Math, or Other Subject Teacher

  • 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.

  • Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
  • Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
  • Meet with parents and guardians to provide guidance in using community resources and to teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
  • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  • Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
  • Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.

  • Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
  • Teach life skills.