Special Education Teachers
ANZSCO 2415
34,000
36%
85%
$2,160
42 yrs
Growing
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
About this career
Special Education Teachers teach primary, middle or intermediate, and secondary school students with learning difficulties, hearing impairment and sight impairment, and promote students' social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.
What they typically do
- Assessing students' abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional disabilities, exceptional intellectual gifts, or specific problems of language and culture
- Planning, organising and implementing special programs to provide remedial or advanced tuition
- Administering various forms of assessment and interpreting the results
- Teaching basic academic subjects, and practical and self-help skills to hearing and sight impaired students
- Devising instructional materials, methods and aids to assist in training and rehabilitation
- Advising, instructing and counselling parents and teachers on the availability and use of special techniques
- Stimulating and developing interests, abilities, manual skills and coordination
- Conferring with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons for special needs students
- Preparing and maintaining student data and other records and submitting reports
States and territories
Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Special Education Teachers.
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Certificate III in Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
52897WA · AQF 3 · 1 providers
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Certificate IV in Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
52898WA · AQF 4 · 0 providers
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Graduate Certificate in Teaching Autistic Students
22684VIC · AQF 8 · 1 providers
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Graduate Diploma of Teaching Autistic Students
22685VIC · AQF 8 · 1 providers
