- Industry: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who teaches elemental natural and social science, personal hygiene, music, art, and literature to children from 4 to 6 years old, to promote their physical, mental, and social development. Responsibilities include:
* Supervises activities, such as field visits, group discussions, and dramatic play acting, to stimulate students' interest in and broaden understanding of their physical and social environment.
* Fosters cooperative social behavior through games and group projects to assist children in forming satisfying relationships with other children and adults.
* Encourages students in singing, dancing, rhythmic activities, and in use of art materials, to promote self-expression and appreciation of esthetic experience.
* Instructs children in practices of personal cleanliness and self care.
* Alternates periods of strenuous activity with periods of rest or light activity to avoid overstimulation and fatigue.
* Observes children to detect signs of ill health or emotional disturbance, and to evaluate progress.
* Discusses students' problems and progress with parents.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who instructs children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care center, or other child development facility. Plans individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social, and motor skills, such as learning to listen to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment. May be required to have certification from state. May be designated Teacher, Child Development Center; Teacher, Day Care Center; Teacher, Early Childhood Development; Teacher, Nursery School.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and conducts special education work and study program for in-school youth. Responsibilities include:
* Establishes contacts with employers and employment agencies and surveys newspapers and other sources to locate work opportunities for students.
* Confers with potential employers to communicate objectives of work study program and to solicit cooperation in adapting work situations to special needs of students.
* Evaluates and selects program participants according to specified criteria and counsels and instructs selected students in matters such as vocational choices, job readiness, and job retention skills and behaviors.
* Assists students in applying for jobs and accompanies students to employment interviews.
* Confers with employer and visits work site to monitor progress of student and to determine support needed to meet employer requirements and fulfill program goals.
* Counsels students to foster development of satisfactory job performance.
* Confers with school and community personnel to impart information about program and to coordinate program functions with related activities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of State Commission for the Blind to facilitate vocational and social adjustment of visually handicapped individuals. Responsibilities include:
* Directs, through subordinates, activities of workers engaged in training visually handicapped in vocational and other skills.
* Plans and organizes training programs and self-employment opportunities for blind persons.
* Confers with representatives of civic groups and charitable organizations to coordinate programs and services.
* Recommends changes in legislation affecting visually handicapped individuals.
* Represents Commission at conventions and addresses public gatherings to promote understanding of problems of blind and partially sighted and activities of Commission.
* Authorizes purchase of materials and equipment within allocated budget.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who develops and coordinates implementation of vocational rehabilitation programs. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with members of local communities and personnel of rehabilitation facilities, such as sheltered workshops and skills training centers, to identify need for new programs or modification of existing programs.
* Collects and analyzes data to define problems and develops proposals for programs to provide needed services, utilizing knowledge of vocational rehabilitation theory and practice, program funding sources, and government regulations.
* Provides staff training, negotiates contracts for equipment and supplies, and performs related functions to implement program changes.
* Monitors program operations and recommends additional measures to ensure programs meet defined needs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of teachers and other staff providing home or school instruction, evaluation services, job placement, or other special education services to physically, mentally, emotionally, or neurologically handicapped children. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews referrals and diagnoses and participates in conferences with administrators, staff, parents, children, and other concerned parties to formulate recommendations for student placement and provision of services.
* Monitors staff activities and gives technical assistance in areas, such as assessment, curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and management of student behavior.
* Plans and conducts in-service training.
* Interviews applicants, recommends hirings, and evaluates staff performance.
* May write grant proposals.
* May assist program administrators in preparation of budget and development of program policy and goals.
* May address public to elicit support and explain program objectives.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates special education programs in public school systems, public agencies, and state institutions to teach students with mental or physical disabilities. Responsibilities include:
* Formulates policies and procedures for new or revised programs or activities, such as screening, placement, education, and training of students.
* Evaluates special education programs to ensure that objectives for student education are met.
* Interprets laws, rules, and regulations to students, parents, and staff.
* Recruits, selects, and evaluates staff.
* Prepares budget and solicits funds to provide financial support for programs.
* Prepares reports for federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
* May contract with agencies for needed services, such as residential care.
* May administer achievement tests to measure student level of performance.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who teaches elementary and secondary school subjects to hearing impaired students, using various methods of communication to receive and convey language. Responsibilities include:
* Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional materials according to grade level of students, utilizing visual media, such as computer, films, television, and charts.
* Confers with committee of parents, administrators, testing specialists, social worker, and others to develop individual educational program.
* Instructs students in academic subjects.
* Instructs students in various forms of communication, such as gestures, sign language, finger spelling, and speech cues.
* Encourages students to participate in verbal communication classroom learning experiences to ensure their comprehension of subject matter, development of social skills, and ability to communicate in situations encountered in daily living.
* Tests students' hearing aids to ensure hearing aids are functioning.
* May attend and interpret lectures and instructions for students enrolled in regular classes.
* May teach parents how to participate in and enhance students' learning experiences.
* May teach students to use computer.
* May specialize in teaching lip reading and be designated Teacher, Lip Reading.
* May be required to have certification from state.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who teaches elementary and secondary school subjects to physically impaired students, adapting teaching techniques and methods of instruction to meet individual needs of students in schools, hospitals, and students' homes. Responsibilities include:
* Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other materials, considering factors, such as individual needs, abilities, learning levels, and physical limitations of students.
* Confers with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social worker, and others to develop educational program for student.
* Instructs students with observable orthopedic impairments, as well as those with internal impairment, such as heart condition.
* Arranges and adjusts tools, work aids, and equipment utilized by students in classroom, such as specially equipped worktables, computers, typewriters, and mechanized page turners.
* Devises special teaching tools, techniques, and equipment.
* Instructs students in academic subjects and other activities designed to provide learning experience.
* Confers with other members of staff to develop programs to maximize students' potentials.
* May assist members of medical staff in rehabilitation programs for students.
* May be required to have certification from state.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who teaches elementary and secondary school subjects and daily living skills to visually impaired students. Responsibilities include:
* Instructs students in reading and writing, using magnification equipment and large print material or braille system.
* Confers with parents, administrator, testing specialists, social worker, and others to develop individual educational program for students.
* Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional materials, according to grade level of students.
* Transcribes lessons and other materials into braille for blind students or large print for low vision students.
* Reviews and corrects completed assignments, using such aids as braille writer, slate and stylus, or computer.
* Arranges for and conducts field trips designed to promote experiential learning.
* Instructs students in academic subject areas and daily living skills, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
* Encourages students to participate in verbal and sensory classroom learning experiences to ensure their comprehension of subject matter, development of social skills, and ability to identify objects encountered in daily living.
* Meets with parents to discuss how parents can encourage student's independence and well-being and to provide guidance in using community resources.
* May counsel students.
* May teach braille to individuals with sight and be designated Instructor, Braille.
Industry:Professional careers
