Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

Teach academic, social, and life skills to kindergarten students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

What They Do

Special education kindergarten teachers work with young students who have a wide range of learning, physical, emotional, or developmental disabilities. They create individualized education programs tailored to each child's unique needs and abilities, adapting lessons in reading, math, and social skills to help students progress at their own pace. These teachers use specialized techniques and assistive technologies to help children with visual or hearing impairments, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, or behavioral challenges access learning in meaningful ways.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Special Education and Teaching(doctoral)Vanderbilt University, TN
$84,996
Special Education and Teaching(masters)California State University-Los Angeles, CA
$83,983
Special Education and Teaching(grad-cert)CUNY Lehman College, NY
$83,319
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Fresno Pacific University, CA
$80,696
Special Education and Teaching(masters)California State University-Fullerton, CA
$79,384
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Pace University, NY
$79,259
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Touro University California, CA
$78,975
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Notre Dame de Namur University, CA
$78,713
Special Education and Teaching(masters)CUNY Brooklyn College, NY
$77,678
Special Education and Teaching(masters)California State University-Long Beach, CA
$77,631
Special Education and Teaching(masters)California State University-East Bay, CA
$77,402
Special Education and Teaching(masters)CUNY Hunter College, NY
$77,182
Special Education and Teaching(masters)CUNY City College, NY
$76,836
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Manhattan University, NY
$76,455
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Hofstra University, NY
$76,264
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Long Island University, NY
$75,868
Special Education and Teaching(masters)CUNY Lehman College, NY
$75,783
Special Education and Teaching(masters)St. John's University-New York, NY
$75,441
Special Education and Teaching(masters)College of Staten Island CUNY, NY
$75,212
Special Education and Teaching(masters)CUNY Queens College, NY
$74,496
Special Education and Teaching(masters)California State University-Dominguez Hills, CA
$74,460
Special Education and Teaching(masters)University of Washington-Seattle Campus, WA
$73,549
Special Education and Teaching(masters)Point Loma Nazarene University, CA
$73,427
Special Education and Teaching(masters)University of Illinois Chicago, IL
$73,322
Special Education and Teaching(masters)California State University-Fresno, CA
$71,787

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