Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

What they do

• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests to kindergarten students with special needs.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, or teacher training workshops to maintain or improve professional competence.
• Collaborate with other teachers or administrators to develop, evaluate, or revise kindergarten programs.
• Confer with other staff members to plan, schedule, or conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
• Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic problems.
• Control the inventory or distribution of classroom equipment, materials, or supplies.
• Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
• Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.