2006-09-02 19:22:48 · 5 answers · asked by ruchi p 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
As I know its a very lucrative career especially when you are applying to US schools. One of my sister's friends who is based in Texas (a Filipina) is a SPED teacher earns more than $4,000++ to $6,000++ a month, free suitable housing for the first year, her family was petitioned after a year (?) and now lives with her there, nice compensation package. But you have to be competitive meaning, years and years of experience counts, a licensed teacher in your country of origin, etc. -yunesa@yahoo.com
2006-09-02 19:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by yunesa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Special education teachers or "facilitators" are highly in demand nowadays. This is due to the rise of "reported and evaluated" cases of special learning requirements of a generations of children that are now recognized by other fields, particularly psychology and psychiatry.
Children who cannot be mainstreamed into formal classroom instructions are classified as special children needing special supervision and learning facilitation. These include those who are diagnosed to have ADHD, Down's Syndrome, Dyslexia, as well as those who have far advance learning requirements (assessed as near-genius or genius). These are the clients of teachers with special education degrees.
I'm saying that it is only in the recent years that we have seen a rise in the recognition of these special needs simply because parents now are far more aware and even the pediatricians have widened their views regarding children's afflictions, and child psychologists and psychometricians have developed sufficient tools to evaluate these individual cases and thus make appropriate recommendations to meet the needs of a child.
Before, such a child is a source of family embarrassment, to be hidden from society at large or even housed at mental asylums or institutions. Now, it is an accepted and recognized phenomenon and parents seek proactive measures in the hope that eventually, their child will be able to rejoin the mainstream of society and function as normal individuals.
At the center of these proactive measures are specialized learning institutions manned by special education teachers and they will always be there in the future, rare as they maybe.
My recommendation? Pursue that degree in special education. In practice, more psychological preparation and physical effort is required. In terms of financial and psychosocial pay-off, very high, indeed.
2006-09-02 19:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by Bummerang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? Special Ed teachers are the most in-demand of any. You can basically decide where you want to teach. Lots of places also offer incentives to Special Ed teachers.
2006-09-02 19:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to go to the college or go to teach those special people
2006-09-05 21:26:27 · answer #4 · answered by david w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're a teacher? And you spell like that?
Riiight...you really have a good chance of being hired...NOT!
2006-09-02 19:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by Firefly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋