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Special Education Teachers

ANZSCO 2415

Employed

34,000

Part-time share

36%

Female share

85%

Median weekly earnings

$2,160

Median age

42 yrs

Employment outlook

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

NSW
35.2%
QLD
24.4%
VIC
19.2%
WA
9.2%
SA
6.6%
ACT
2%
TAS
1.8%
NT
1.6%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Special Education Teachers.

  • 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

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