Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations 1.3

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS teach primary, middle or intermediate, and secondary school students with learning difficulties, hearing impairment and sight impairment, and promote students' social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.

Indicative Skill Level:

In Australia and New Zealand:
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Registration or licensing is required.

Tasks Include:

assessing students' abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional disabilities, exceptional intellectual gifts, or specific problems of language and culture;
planning, organising and implementing special programs to provide remedial or advanced tuition;
administering various forms of assessment and interpreting the results;
teaching basic academic subjects, and practical and self-help skills to hearing and sight impaired students;
devising instructional materials, methods and aids to assist in training and rehabilitation;
advising, instructing and counselling parents and teachers on the availability and use of special techniques;
stimulating and developing interests, abilities, manual skills and coordination;
conferring with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons for special needs students;
preparing and maintaining student data and other records and submitting reports.

Occupations:

241511 Special Needs Teacher
241512 Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
241513 Teacher of the Sight Impaired
241599 Special Education Teachers nec