How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Middle School

  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher
  • Learning Support Teacher
  • Remedial Reading, Math, or Other Subject Teacher
  • Speech and Language Pathologist 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.

  • Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine students' strengths and needs.
  • Collaborate with other teachers that provide instruction to special education students to ensure that the students receive appropriate support.
  • Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
  • Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
  • Organize and label materials and display students' work.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
  • Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.

  • Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
  • Display student work.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Supervise student research or internship work.
  • Teach others to use technology or equipment.