How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Middle School

  • Physically Impaired Teacher
  • ESL Instructor
  • English as a Second Language Instructor

  • 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.

  • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
  • Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
  • Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
  • Collaborate with other teachers that provide instruction to special education students to ensure that the students receive appropriate support.
  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
  • Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
  • Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
  • 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.
  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Provide additional instruction in vocational areas.

  • Develop instructional objectives.
  • Distribute instructional or library materials.
  • Order instructional or library materials or equipment.