How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

  • Work Study Assistant

  • Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary 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.

  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
  • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
  • 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 materials and classrooms for class activities.
  • Provide interpretation and transcription of regular classroom materials through Braille and sign language.
  • Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
  • Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

  • Advise students on academic or career matters.
  • Create technology-based learning materials.
  • Distribute instructional or library materials.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
  • Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
  • Set up classroom materials or equipment.