Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

Overview

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten has a national median salary of $65,120 per year, with -0.4% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

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.

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Instruct students with disabilities in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs.
• Prepare objectives, outlines, or other materials for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or school or state requirements.
• Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations.
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.

Work Activities

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Training and Teaching Others
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Assisting and Caring for Others
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Getting Information
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Thinking Creatively
• Developing Objectives and Strategies
• Analyzing Data or Information

Detailed Work Activities

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten:

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