The Role Of A Special Education Teacher

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Special educations is a challenging,demanding,and rewarding profession that betters others and society. In this career field it takes a special individual to adapt to the everyday challenges of disabilities and love all students. Although the career field is not rapidly growing but the need is ever growing.This career is of great importance and plays a crucial role in the future of many youth and their families .Even though this career field comes with many demands the reward of giving a child a brighter future and a place in society makes special education teacher very rewarding . Special education teachers have many duties that often depend on work environment.One main duty of a special education teacher is to adapt lessons materials,create individualized education plan for each student,and discuss student …show more content…

Jobs as a special education teacher are growing at six percent this rate is slower that most modern jobs. All though the overall job field is declining but for individuals with experience and certifications to work with young and autistic children may have a higher rate of getting a job (“Special Education Teachers 631”). Currently there are 450,700 special education jobs in the United States Of America and is expected to grow by 28,100 jobs in seven years (“Special Education Teacher”). In America the the average salary for a secondary special education teacher is between 40,000 dollars and 80,000 dollars (Career Cruising). The median pay of a special education teacher is 57,910 dollars a year in May 2016 (“ Special Education Teacher“). Along with this wage comes mandatory hours most special education teachers work normal school hours that students do [Career Cruising]. Even though most have normal school hours extra hours put in would be in grading papers and teacher meetings with a two month summer break [“Special Education

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