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Special Education Teacher #1101 |
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Pathway:
Family and Human Services |
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Teachers: Full length features are available on VHS tape from your Area Education Agency including this one... Special Education Teacher #1101 - Tape Number: 1101 |
After a few years of teaching that subject, she made a strategic career decision to teach special education. Her original motivation was the fact that there was a high demand for special education teachers. She had married and wanted to know she would have no trouble returning to teaching if she ever decided to spend a few years at home with her children.
She finds she enjoys the challenge of special education, and continues to teach full time as she raises her family in western Iowa. Some of her students have been through difficult times and she knows her work can make a difference in their lives.
Career Profile:
Inspired by one of her own high school instructors, this special education teacher first obtained her four-year teaching degree in home economics.
Special Education Teacher #1101
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| What is the most rewarding part of your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you usually work with students individually or as a group? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Does it take more patience to be a special ed teacher compared to a general ed teacher? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Why did you choose special ed over general ed? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What kind of degree do you have? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you think it helped you to be a general ed teacher before you became special ed? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Has a student ever gotten upset with you, and, if so, how did you handle it? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are the classes you take in college for special ed different than those you would take for general ed? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What kind of classroom training is needed to be a special ed teacher? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What are the different areas of special ed? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you have to have any medical training? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Have you taken any classes about restraining unruly students? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is the most complicated part of your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How do you monitor the progress of your students? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What are IEPs [individual education plans]? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What classes do you recommend in high school? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you make more money than general ed teachers? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is the hardest age to teach? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Is there a disability that is more difficult to teach than others? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you use a computer in your work? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you get emotionally attached to your students? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How is your relationship with some of the families of your students? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How many students do you have in your classroom? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How many of your students who graduate go on to college? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are special ed teachers in high demand? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you have any students on the honor roll? | AUDIO | TEXT |
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