How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

  • Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine students' strengths and needs.
  • 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.
  • Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
  • Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.

  • Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
  • Prepare tests.