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Special Education Teachers, Middle School

Teach middle school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.

 
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Overview

$47,650.00 Median Annual Wage 4,000 Average Job Openings Per Year
1.7 Average Unemployment Percentage 4.5 Percentage That Completed High School
102,000 Employment Numbers in 2006 8.3 Percentage That Had Some College
118,000 Employment Numbers in 2016 (est.) 87.2 Percentage That Went Beyond College Degree

Sample Job Titles

BD Special Education Teacher (Behavioral Disorders Special Education Teacher) Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled Teacher (BED Teacher) Early Intervention Specialist
EBD Special Education Teacher (Emotional-Behavioral Disabilities Special Education Teacher) ED Special Education Teacher (Emotional Disabilities Special Education Teacher) Educational Resource Center Teacher (ERC Teacher)
EMD Teacher (Educable Mentally Disabled Teacher) Exceptional Children Teacher (EC Teacher) Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher)
Functional Mental Disability Teacher (FMD Teacher) Hearing Impaired Teacher (HI Teacher) Inclusion Teacher
Individual Education Program Team Leader (IEP Team Leader) Individual Small Group Instructor Interrelated Special Education Teacher
Intervention Specialist Learning and Behavior Disorders Special Education Teacher (LBD Special Education Teacher) Learning Center Instructor
Learning Disabilities Resource Teacher (LD Resource Teacher) Learning Disabilities Specialist Learning Disabilities Teacher (LD Teacher)
Learning Support Resource Room Teacher Learning Support Teacher Least Restricted Environment Facilitator (LRE Facilitator)
Life Skills Teacher Middle School Resource Teacher Middle School Special Education Teacher
MID Teacher (Mildly Intellectually Disabled Teacher) MMD Unit Teacher (Mild Mental Disability Unit Teacher) MMI Teacher (Mildly Mentally Impaired Teacher)
MOID Middle School Teacher (Moderately Intellectually Disabled Middle School Teacher) MOMD Teacher (Moderate Mental Disability Teacher) MR Teacher (Mentally Retarded Teacher)
NSH Teacher (Non-Severely Handicapped Teacher) Reading Specialist Remedial Reading Teacher
Resource Room Teacher Resource Specialist Teacher SED Special Education Teacher (Severe Emotional Disorders Special Education Teacher)
Self-Contained Special Education Teacher SLD Teacher (Specific Learning Disability Teacher) SLP Teacher (Speech and Language Pathologist Teacher)
Special Day Class Teacher (SPD Teacher) Special Education Administrator Special Education Collaborative Program Teacher
Special Education Resource Teacher Special Education Teacher Special Educator
Special Needs Teacher Teacher Teacher, Blind
Teacher, Braille Teacher, Deaf Teacher, Emotionally Impaired
Teacher, Handicapped Teacher, Hearing Impaired Teacher, Learning Disabled
Teacher, Lip Reading Teacher, Mentally Impaired Teacher, Mentally Retarded
Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teacher of the Emotionally Disturbed Teacher of the Handicapped
Teacher, Physically Impaired Teacher, Remedial Reading, Math, or Other Subject Teacher, Resource
Teacher, Visually Impaired Teacher, Vocational Training TMD Teacher (Trainable Mentally Disabled Teacher)
TMR Teacher (Trainable Mentally Retarded Teacher) VE Teacher (Varying Exceptionalities Teacher) Vocational Trainer

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Sources: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), Occupational Information Network (O*Net), Occupation Outlook Handbook (OOH)