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Pennsylvania Resources: Career Exploration Fact Sheets
Looking for ways to engage secondary students in authentic experiences working with students with disabilities?
The opportunity to explore the varied special education career options not only can be rewarding to the students but just might lead them to pursuing jobs in the field of special education.
Career Exploration Fact Sheets provide information about professional roles within the field of Special Education.
Find answers to questions such as:
~ What do special education professionals do on a daily basis?
~ What skills do these roles require?
~ What programs are available?
Each fact sheet contains one or more "voices from the field" where current professionals share their experiences and insights about their roles.
apr_at-career-exploration-2-23-wbl.pdfAssistive Technology Specialist
APR_Behavior Specialist Career Expl 2-24-wbl.pdfBehavior Specialist
Colleges and Universities List for Behavior Specialist Career Exploration Fact Sheet_01.26.2024.pdfCertificate and Master's Programs for Behavior Specialists
APR_EdAudiologist Career Exploration 2-24-wbl.pdfEducational Audiologist
APR_Ed Interpreter Career Expl 6-24-wbl.pdfEducational Interpreter
apr_om-career-exploration-2-23-ff-wbl.pdfOrientation & Mobility Specialist
apr_para-career-exploration-2-23-wbl.pdfParaprofessional
APR_SpecEd Tchr (general) Career Expl 1-24-wbl.pdfSpecial Education Teacher
APR_SLP Career Exploration 2-24-wbl.pdfSpeech Language Pathologist
APR_Teacher of Deaf Career Expl 2-24-wbl.pdfTeacher of the Deaf
apr_speced-lowincidence-tchr-career-exploration-2-23-wbl.pdfTeachers for Students with Low Incidence and Cognitive Disabilities
APR_TVI Career Exploration 3-13-23.pdfTeacher of Students with Visual Impairments
Featured Resources: Engaging Secondary Students
Washington State has many tools and resources for LEAs interested in starting a high school "grow your own" program. Resources include: recruitment letters, assessment tools, and curriculum resources.
Educators Rising is a career and technical student organization (CTSO). By working with aspiring educators who reflect the demographics of their communities and who are passionate about serving those communities through public education, Educators Rising is changing the face of teaching.
Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® is a program for schools that intentionally promotes meaningful social inclusion by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create accepting school environments, utilizing three interconnected components: Special Olympics Unified Sports®, inclusive youth leadership, and whole school engagement.
Best Buddies Friendship programs build one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), offering social interactions that form meaningful connections with their peers, gain self-confidence and self-esteem, and share interests, experiences and activities that many other individuals enjoy.
best practices for grow your own programs.pdfGetting Started with "Grow Your Own" Teacher Programs
How many students sitting in classrooms today consider a career in special education? According to the Hanover Research report, promoting careers is a three-step process that includes exposure, experience, and education.