Occupations/25-2058.00
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.
Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.
AI automation risk
26%
More resilient
Human characteristics
73%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
24%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Task
Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Task
Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Task
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
These are core tasks from O*NET. The wording didn’t clearly split routine from human, so they are listed without that label.
Core tasks
- 01Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- 02Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- 03Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
- 04Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
- 05Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
- 06Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.41
- Degree of automation1.47
- Time sitting3.20
- Originality (ability)3.00
- Conflict situations4.31
- Hands-on objects/tools2.07
- Outdoors / weather1.85
- Disease exposure1.94
- Decision freedom4.54
Top abilities
- Speech Clarity4.00
- Problem Sensitivity4.00
- Oral Expression4.00
- Written Expression3.88
- Written Comprehension3.88
- Speech Recognition3.88
- Oral Comprehension3.88
- Inductive Reasoning3.88
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.00
- Active Listening3.88
- Writing3.88
- Speaking4.00
- Mathematics2.62
- Science1.88
- Critical Thinking3.75
- Active Learning3.38
- Learning Strategies4.12
- Monitoring3.88
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
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Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $67,660 2 yr $66,089 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $15,200 | 57% | 86% | 1 yr $60,839 2 yr $59,079 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $12,600 | 48% | 84% | 1 yr $60,689 2 yr $58,402 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $57,477 2 yr $57,125 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Texas State Technical College Waco, TX · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $7,200 | 100% | 45% | 1 yr $54,192 2 yr $50,856 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $52,107 2 yr $50,105 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $51,551 2 yr $51,273 Graduate certificate · CIP 13.10 |
University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $50,200 | 77% | 82% | 1 yr $50,527 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $9,200 | 67% | 56% | 1 yr $50,439 2 yr $47,846 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $19,600 | 55% | 86% | 1 yr $50,105 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $11,400 | 88% | 67% | 1 yr $48,563 2 yr $44,356 Master's · CIP 13.10 |
North Dakota State University Fargo, ND · Public | Special Education and Teaching, General 13.1001 | $10,900 | 96% | 68% | 1 yr $48,104 2 yr $47,113 Master's · CIP 13.10 |