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Occupation

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

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.

$67,170 medianBelow-avg outlookBachelor's typical

O*NET 31.0 · 25-2055.00

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

  1. 01Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, or assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
  2. 02Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, or teacher training workshops to maintain or improve professional competence.
  3. 03Prepare objectives, outlines, or other materials for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or school or state requirements.
  4. 04Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
  5. 05Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment or materials to prevent injuries and damage.
  6. 06Present information in audio-visual or interactive formats, using computers, televisions, audio-visual aids, or other equipment, materials, or technologies.
  7. 07Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
  8. 08Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
  9. 09Meet with parents or guardians to discuss their children's progress, advise them on using community resources, or teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
  10. 10Modify the general kindergarten education curriculum for students with disabilities.
  11. 11Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic problems.
  12. 12Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.

Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0

What the posting will be called

Deaf TeacherHearing Impaired Itinerant Teacher (HI Itinerant Teacher)SPED Teacher (Special Education Teacher)Special Education Resource TeacherEmotional Disabilities TeacherK-1 SPED Teacher (Kindergarten through First Grade Special Education Teacher)Kindergarten SPED Teacher (Kindergarten Special Education Teacher)Life Skills TeacherSpecial Education Inclusion TeacherSpecial Education Kindergarten Teacher

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Knowledge the job leans on

English LanguageEducation and TrainingPsychologyMathematicsAdministrativeTherapy and CounselingCustomer and Personal ServiceComputers and Electronics

Skills that carry over from service

InstructingSocial PerceptivenessService OrientationJudgment and Decision MakingTime ManagementComplex Problem SolvingCoordinationNegotiation