How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

  • Emotional Support Teacher
  • Learning Support Teacher

  • Teach academic, social, and life skills to kindergarten 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 to kindergarten students with special needs.
  • Collaborate with other teachers or administrators to develop, evaluate, or revise kindergarten programs.
  • Confer with other staff members to plan, schedule, or conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
  • Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic problems.
  • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations.
  • Organize and supervise games or other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, or social development.
  • Organize and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their perceptual skills.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
  • Plan or supervise experiential learning activities, such as class projects, field trips, demonstrations, or visits by guest speakers.
  • Prepare, administer, or grade assignments to evaluate students' progress.
  • Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, or assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.

  • Supervise school or student activities.
  • Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
  • Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
  • Display student work.
  • Evaluate student work.