Special Education Teachers, Middle School

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as durable (80%).

• Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

• Develop or write Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students.
• Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, and social development.
• Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
• Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
• Monitor teachers and teacher assistants to ensure that they adhere to inclusive special education program requirements.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.
• Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
• Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
• Collaborate with other teachers that provide instruction to special education students to ensure that the students receive appropriate support.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.