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.
Also called: Middle School Special Education Teacher, Special Education Resource Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Teacher
Knowledge:
- teaching and course design
- psychology
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills:
- talking to others
- figuring out how to use new ideas or things
- teaching people how to do something
- understanding people's reactions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Concern for Others
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
Technology:
Device drivers or system software
- Screen magnification software
- Screen reader software
