Special needs education teaching professionals

£38,064

Average salary

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27 hours

Average weekly hours

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1.76%

Unemployment rate

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Definition: Special needs education teaching professionals

*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 2316

Special needs education teaching professionals organise and provide instruction at a variety of different levels to children who have emotional, behavioural or learning difficulties or physical disabilities. These professionals may also work with exceptionally gifted pupils.

Common tasks include:

creates a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment for students;
assesses student’s abilities, identifies student’s needs and devises curriculum and rota of teaching duties accordingly;
gives instruction, using techniques appropriate to the student’s handicap;
develops and adapts conventional teaching methods to meet the individual student’s needs;
encourages the student to develop self-help skills to circumvent the limitations imposed by their disability;
prepares, assigns and corrects exercises to record and evaluate students progress;
supervises students in classroom and maintains discipline;
liaises with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists;
updates and maintains students’ records to monitor development and progress;
discusses student’s progress with parents and other teaching professionals.

Qualifications

Entry is with a first degree that provides QTS (qualified teacher status) or, in Scotland, TQ (teaching qualification); or other relevant degree followed by further postgraduate training (most commonly PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education, or, in Scotland, PGDE – Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). Additionally, prior experience in mainstream teaching is usually required, and further training for special needs teaching may be mandatory.

*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.

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