You teach English to speakers of other languages. As an English Language Teacher, you're building vocabulary, teaching grammar, and helping students gain the language skills they need for school and life.
Learning disabled teachers (LD teachers) provide specialized instruction and support to students with learning disabilities in resource room, co-taught, or self-contained settings. The job centers on understanding each student's specific learning profile and adapting instruction to meet documented needs.
The IEP process is central to the professional role—writing legally defensible goals, tracking data, facilitating meetings, and communicating with families about progress. That administrative dimension requires significant skill and time investment alongside the direct instructional work.
People who tend to do well have genuine commitment to the belief that learning disabilities don't limit intelligence—they work with students who are often bright and creative but have been failed by instruction that didn't meet their needs. If you can communicate that belief through your instruction, and can teach the specific compensatory and foundational skills that students with learning disabilities need, LD teaching tends to be impactful and often forms the foundation of a specialized special education career.
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You teach English to speakers of other languages. As an English Language Teacher, you're building vocabulary, teaching grammar, and helping students gain the language skills they need for school and life.
Median pay for a Learning Disabled Teacher (LD Teacher) is about $70K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $48K to $106K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Learning Strategies, Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 1.6% through 2034, with roughly 162,780 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Resource Teacher, High School Teacher, and Sign Language Teacher.
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