How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other 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.
Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
Monitor teachers and teacher assistants to ensure that they adhere to inclusive special education program requirements.
Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.

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