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AI for High School Special Education Teachers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary school 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.

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School · O*NET 25-2058.00 · Job Zone 4 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

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What this job involves

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  1. Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
  2. Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
  3. Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
  4. Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
  5. Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
  6. Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
  7. Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
  8. Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
  9. Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
  10. Teach personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.
  11. Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
  12. Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
  13. Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  14. Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
  15. Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
  16. Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
  17. Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
  18. Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.
  19. Monitor teachers and teacher assistants to ensure that they adhere to inclusive special education program requirements.
  20. Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  21. Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
  22. Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
  23. Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
  24. Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
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