Special and Additional Needs Education Teaching Professionals
Special and additional 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.
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£33,185
Average salary
New workers start around £14,017.73. Normal pay is £33,185 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £49,418.27.
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Annual Openings
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Cornwall, and do<br /> not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Discusses student’s progress with parents and other teaching professionals.
- Updates and maintains students’ records to monitor development and progress.
- Liaises with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists.
- Supervises students in classroom and maintains discipline.
- Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises to record and evaluate students’ progress.
- Encourages the student to develop self-help skills to circumvent the limitations imposed by their disability.
- Develops and adapts conventional teaching methods to meet the individual student’s needs.
- Gives instruction, using techniques appropriate to the student’s disability.
- Assesses student’s abilities, identifies student’s needs and devises curriculum and rota of teaching duties accordingly.
- Creates a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment for students.
Skills Employers Are Looking For
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Skills
Job postings
Learning Strategies
83
Monitoring
73
Active Listening
70
Reading Comprehension
70
Speaking
68
Writing
68
Active Learning
66
Critical Thinking
65
Mathematics
54
Science
34
Available Courses
T Level Education and Childcare
T Level
Penwith College
FdA Early Years Practice
Foundation Degree
Penwith College
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Part-Time
University courses
Truro College
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Full-Time
University courses
Truro College
