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Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.
What a special education teacher, secondary school does
Become a special education teacher, secondary school
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good special education teacher, secondary school
- Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Teaching people how to do something.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $75 per hour with an average salary of $86,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $57 and $88 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $59,500 and $115,400 per year.
- 69% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $79 per hour with an average salary of $103,400 per year.
Special Education Teacher, Secondary School job outlook
- There are 2,377 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 285 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 14% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.