How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

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.

Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine students' strengths and needs.
Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.
Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
Visit schools to tutor students with sensory impairments and to consult with teachers regarding students' special needs.

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