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Teaching Assistants, Special Education — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
Not published
Employment
Not published
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher to provide academic, social, or life skills to students who have learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.
- O*NET code
- 25-9043.00
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Take class attendance and maintain attendance records.
- Provide assistance to students with special needs.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
- Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
- Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
- Carry out therapeutic regimens, such as behavior modification and personal development programs, under the supervision of special education instructors, psychologists, or speech-language pathologists.
- Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
- Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
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Salary analysis — United States
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Most important skills
- Active Listening3.9
- Speaking3.8
- Social Perceptiveness3.8
- Learning Strategies3.6
- Reading Comprehension3.6
- Service Orientation3.6
- Monitoring3.6
- Instructing3.5
- Critical Thinking3.4
- Coordination3.1
- Writing3.1
- Persuasion3.1
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Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
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0 of 14 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
14
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.9 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.6 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.8 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.6 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Speaking | 3.8 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.4 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Monitoring | 3.6 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Service Orientation | 3.6 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Instructing | 3.5 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Writing | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Coordination | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Persuasion | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Learning | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.0 | 2.3 | Not selected | 2.3 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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