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OCCUPATION PROFILE

JOB FAMILY: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LIBRARY

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS

OCCUPATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SECONDARY SCH

25-2043

BROADBAND LEVELS: Level 3 – Pay Band 007

Level 4 – Pay Band 009

DESCRIPTION

This is work performing duties that are instructional in nature. Employees teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.

Some positions in this occupation may be responsible for coordinating work and supervising employees.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

Supervises employees by assigning work, reviewing progress and assessing performance.

Teaches socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.

Instructs students, using special educational strategies and techniques to improve sensory-motor and perceptual-motor development, memory, language, and cognition.

Instructs students in academic subjects, utilizing various teaching techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, and repetition, to reinforce learning.

Instructs students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and economic self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.

Plans curriculum and other instructional materials to meet student's needs, considering such factors as physical, emotional, and educational abilities.

Selects and teaches reading material and math problems related to everyday life of individual student.

Administers and interprets results of ability and achievement tests.

Confers with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers and others to develop individual educational plan for student.

Confers with other staff members to plan programs designed to promote educational, physical, and social development of students.

Works with students to increase motivation.

Provides consistent reinforcement to learning, and continuous feedback to student.

Observes, evaluates, and prepares reports on progress of students.

Meets with parents to provide support, guidance in using community resources, and skills in dealing with student's learning impairment.

EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS

|Teaching Others |Identifying educational needs, developing formal training programs or |

| |classes, and teaching or instructing others. |

|Establishing and Maintaining Relationships |Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others. |

|Interpreting Meaning of Information to Others |Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be |

| |understood or used to support responses or feedback to others. |

|Making Decisions and Solving Problems |Combining, evaluating, and reasoning with information and data to make |

| |decisions and solve problems. These processes involve making decisions |

| |about the relative importance of information and choosing the best |

| |solution. |

|Communicating With Persons Outside of the Organization |Communicating with persons outside the organization, representing the |

| |organization to customers, the public, government, and other external |

| |sources. This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via|

| |telephone/electronic transfer. |

|Getting Information Needed to Do the Job |Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant|

| |sources. |

|Assisting and Caring for Others |Providing assistance or personal care to others. |

|Communicating With Other Workers |Providing information to supervisors, fellow workers, and subordinates. |

| |This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via |

| |telephone/electronic transfer. |

|Implementing Ideas, Programs, Etc. |Conducting or carrying out work procedures and activities in accord with |

| |one's own ideas or information provided through directions/instructions for|

| |purposes of installing, modifying, preparing, delivering, constructing, |

| |integrating, finishing, or completing programs, systems, structures, or |

| |products. |

|Thinking Creatively |Originating, inventing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, |

| |relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

|Instructing |Teaching others how to do something |

|Learning Strategies |Using multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things |

|Speaking |Talking to others to effectively convey information |

|Social Perceptiveness |Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react the way |

| |they do |

|Implementation Planning |Developing approaches for implementing an idea |

|Monitoring |Assessing how well one is doing when learning or doing something |

|Active Listening |Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as |

| |appropriate |

|Reading Comprehension |Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents |

|Writing |Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs|

| |of the audience |

|Service Orientation |Actively looking for ways to help people |

|Coordination |Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions |

|Management of Personnel Resources |Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the|

| |best people for the job |

|Education and Training |Knowledge of instructional methods and training techniques including |

| |curriculum design principles, learning theory, group and individual |

| |teaching techniques, design of individual development plans, and test |

| |design principles |

|Therapy and Counseling |Knowledge of information and techniques needed to rehabilitate physical |

| |and mental ailments and to provide career guidance including alternative |

| |treatments, rehabilitation equipment and its proper use, and methods to |

| |evaluate treatment effects |

|Psychology |Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, |

| |psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of |

| |behavioral and affective disorders |

|English Language |Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including |

| |the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar |

|Customer and Personal Service |Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal |

| |services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards,|

| |alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation |

| |techniques |

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

EFFECTIVE: 03/17/2003

History: 07/01/2002

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