Career Occupational Profile for :
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teach secondary 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.
Overview
| $48,330.00 |
Median Annual Wage |
4,000 |
Average Job Openings Per Year |
| 1.7 |
Average Unemployment Percentage |
4.5 |
Percentage That Completed High School |
| 138,000 |
Employment Numbers in 2006 |
8.3 |
Percentage That Had Some College |
| 150,000 |
Employment Numbers in 2016 (est.) |
87.2 |
Percentage That Went Beyond College Degree |
Sample Job Titles
| Career and Transition Teacher |
Collaborative Teacher |
ED Special Education Teacher (Emotional Disability Special Education Teacher) |
| EMD Special Education Teacher (Educable Mentally Disabled Special Education Teacher) |
Emotional Support Teacher |
Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher) |
| High School Learning Support Teacher |
High School Special Education Teacher |
Inclusion Special Educator |
| Interrelated Special Education Teacher |
Intervention Specialist |
Learning Disabilities Resource Teacher (LD Resource Teacher) |
| Learning Disabilities Special Education Teacher (LD Special Education Teacher) |
Learning Support Teacher |
Life Skills Teacher |
| MH Teacher (Mentally Handicapped Teacher) |
Moderate Needs Teacher |
Orthopedically Impaired Teacher (OI Teacher) |
| Reading Specialist |
Resource Center Teacher |
Resource Specialist Program Special Education Instructor (RSP Special Education Instructor) |
| Resource Specialist Teacher |
Secondary Special Education Teacher |
Self-Contained Classroom Special Education Teacher |
| SLD Inclusion Teacher (Specific Learning Disabilities Inclusion Teacher) |
Special Day Class Teacher |
Special Education Administrator |
| Special Education Itinerant Teacher |
Special Education Resource Teacher |
Special Education 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 Handicapped |
| Teacher, Physically Impaired |
Teacher, Remedial Reading, Math, or Other Subject |
Teacher, Resource |
| Teacher, Visually Impaired |
Teacher, Vocational Training |
TMH Teacher (Trainable Mentally Handicapped Teacher) |
| Vocational Trainer |
Work-Study Coordinator, Special Education |
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Sources: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), Occupational Information Network (O*Net), Occupation Outlook Handbook (OOH)
