How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Middle School

  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher
  • Speech and Language Pathologist Teacher

  • Teach academic, social, and life skills to middle 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.

  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
  • Organize and label materials and display students' work.
  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.

  • Display student work.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Supervise student research or internship work.