How do they match: 25-2057.00 - Special Education Teachers, Middle School

Teach academic, social, and life skills to middle 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.

Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
Collaborate with other teachers that provide instruction to special education students to ensure that the students receive appropriate support.
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
Develop or write Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students.
Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
Monitor teachers and teacher assistants to ensure that they adhere to inclusive special education program requirements.
Organize and label materials and display students' work.
Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
Assist students with special educational needs.
Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
Design psychological or educational treatment procedures or programs.
Develop educational programs.
Display student work.
Distribute instructional or library materials.
Evaluate performance of educational staff.
Evaluate student work.
Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
Plan educational activities.
Supervise student research or internship work.

How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Middle School