Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten Career, Salary and Skills
No national wage record is published for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
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.
O*NET code
25-2055.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Salary data is not available for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.00 | 3.50 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 3.75 |
| Instructing | 3.88 | 3.25 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 3.62 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.88 | 3.75 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Monitoring | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Active Learning | 3.62 | 3.38 |
| Writing | 3.62 | 3.75 |
Typical 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.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
Technology
- American Sign Language Browser
- Children's educational software
- Drawing software
- EasyCBM
- Email software
- goQ WordQ
- Individualized Educational Program IEP software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Rethink Ed
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.