How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Middle School

  • Handicapped Teacher
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing 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.

  • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
  • Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
  • Organize and label materials and display students' work.
  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

  • Display student work.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Supervise student research or internship work.