Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
SOC Code: 25-2058
Special Education Teachers, Secondary Schools establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students. This career typically requires considerable preparation (2-4 years). With an AI-proof score of 98.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Learning Strategies, Instructing, Learning Strategies.
AI-Proof Score: 98.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$69,590
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Job Growth
-1.6%
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Training Time
Considerable preparation (2-4 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 4 / 5
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Training Cost
~$40,000
Key Skills
- •Learning Strategies
- •Instructing
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Monitoring
- •Speaking
- •Writing
Common Tasks
- ✓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.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation