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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.
What a special education teacher, kindergarten does
Become a special education teacher, kindergarten
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good special education teacher, kindergarten
- Talking to others.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Teaching people how to do something.
- Understanding people's reactions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $62 per hour with a typical salary of $96,000 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $53 and $80 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $28,200 and $84,300 per year.
- 37% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $74 per hour with a typical salary of $96,000 per year.
- 81% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Special Education Teacher, Kindergarten job outlook
Multiple Jobs
- 8% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.