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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.

O*NET 30.3 Database (USDOL/ETA) · occupation code 25-2055.00

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Microsoft Excel●Microsoft Office software●Microsoft Outlook●Microsoft PowerPoint●Microsoft Word●American Sign Language BrowserChildren's educational softwareDrawing softwareEasyCBMEmail softwareIndividualized Educational Program IEP softwareNuance Dragon NaturallySpeakingRethink EdScientific Learning Fast ForWordScreen magnification softwareScreen reader softwareSynapse outSPOKENThe vOICe Learning EditionVoice activated softwareWeb browser softwaregoQ WordQ

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4 / 5Considerable preparation — a four-year degree plus several years in the field.

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Occupational interest profile, rated 1 to 7.

Social7.0

Investigative3.8

Conventional3.7

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Blind TeacherBraille TeacherReading SpecialistBehavior SpecialistResource SpecialistLip Reading TeacherLearning SpecialistHome Therapy TeacherSign Language TeacherEarly InterventionistSpecial Needs TeacherLearning Support TeacherAcademic InterventionistHearing Impaired Teacher

O*NET 30.3 job titles reported for this occupation

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What changed since 2020

Comparing O*NET release 25.1 (2020-11-01) with 30.3 (2026-05-01). Signs, not colour alone, carry the meaning. 1 entries that were only relabelled between releases are left out.

Now listed 2

+Rethink Ed+EasyCBM

No longer listed 1

−Word processing software

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O*NET 30.3 related occupations

Also called

Blind TeacherBraille TeacherReading SpecialistBehavior SpecialistLip Reading TeacherLearning SpecialistResource SpecialistHome Therapy TeacherSpecial Needs TeacherSign Language TeacherEarly InterventionistLearning Support Teacher

O*NET 30.3 alternative titles

The same work in Europe

ESCO occupation	ISCO	Match
early years special educational needs teacher	2352.1.2	exact
special educational needs coordinator	2351.4	close
special educational needs itinerant teacher	2352.1.4	broader
special educational needs teacher	2352.1	broader

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