Education25-2058.00Specialization

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary 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.

$66,620
Median Pay
4-6 years
Training
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This is a specialization of

Preschool & Elementary Teachers

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AI Impact Assessment

AI Resilience Score

Score 3/6: declining job demand, strong human advantage means AI will assist but humans remain essential

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How we calculated this:

AI Exposure
Medium+1

30% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Declining+0

-2% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Strong+2

EPOCH score: 23/25

Total Score3/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
  • Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
  • Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
  • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
  • Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
  • Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
  • Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
  • Teach personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

Bachelor's degree

Time to Job Ready

4-6 years

Based on Job Zone 4. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

IEP softwareLearning management systemsAssistive technology toolsMicrosoft OfficeAssessment toolsTransition planning software

Key Abilities

Oral ExpressionProblem SensitivitySpeech ClarityOral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningSpeech RecognitionInformation Ordering

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Compensation Details

$47,950
10th Percentile
$66,620
Median
$107,230
90th Percentile

Based on 158,150 employed workers

Also Known As

Blind TeacherBraille TeacherCross-Categorical SPED Teacher (Cross-Categorical Special Education Teacher)Deaf TeacherEducation SpecialistEmotional Disability Special Education Teacher (ED SPED Teacher)Emotionally Impaired TeacherExceptional Children's Teacher (EC Teacher)Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher)Handicapped Teacher

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 25-2058.00