How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

  • Career and Transition Teacher

  • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
  • Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
  • 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.
  • Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
  • Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.

  • Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
  • Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
  • Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.