What do they do?
Teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged 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.
Also known as:
Autistic Teacher, Deaf Education Teacher, Deaf Teacher, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher (ECSE Teacher), Early Childhood Special Educator (EC Special Educator), Early Intervention Teacher, ED Teacher (Emotional Disabilities Teacher), Exceptional Needs Teacher, Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher), Hearing Impaired Itinerant Teacher (HI Itinerant Teacher), Learning Support Teacher, Preschool SPED Teacher (Preschool Special Education Teacher), Profound Mental Handicaps SPED Teacher (Profound Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher), Resource Room Teacher, Self Contained Special Education Teacher, Severe Mental Handicaps SPED Teacher (Severe Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher), Special Education Resource Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Special Needs Teacher, SPED Preschool Teacher (Special Education Preschool Teacher), Visually Impaired Teacher
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- Master's degree (51%)
- Bachelor's degree (35%)
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (4%)
- Some college, no degree (3%)
- High school diploma equivalent (3%)
- Associate's degree (2%)
- Less than high school diploma (1%)
Most Popular Majors that prepare Special Education Teachers, Preschool
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People in this career often have these skills:
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
People in this career often know a lot about:
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
- Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Administrative - Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
People in this career often do these activities:
- Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
- Encourage students.
- Maintain student records.
- Teach life skills.
- Provide for basic needs of children.
- Set up classroom materials or equipment.
- Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
- Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
- Monitor student performance.
- Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
- Evaluate student work.
- Read to students.
- Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
- Teach others to use technology or equipment.
- Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
- Assist students with special educational needs.
- Direct activities of subordinates.
- Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
- Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
- Plan educational activities.
- Develop instructional objectives.
- Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
- Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
- Display student work.
- Develop instructional materials.
- Plan experiential learning activities.
- Create technology-based learning materials.
- Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
- Distribute instructional or library materials.
This page includes data from:
Career data:
O*NET 31.0 Database
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“USDOL/ETA”). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA
Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment Statistics
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