You teach English language skills to non-native speakers. As an English Language Learning Teacher, you're building proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening—helping students communicate effectively in English.
SPED Itinerant Teacher (Special Education Itinerant Teacher) pay typically runs $58K–$87K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to shrink 2% through 2034.
SPED Itinerant Teachers travel between multiple school buildings to provide specialized services and support for students with disabilities who are primarily educated in general education settings. Your caseload might span two to five schools, and each day involves moving between sites to provide direct services, consult with classroom teachers, and manage the IEP requirements for a geographically distributed student roster.
The itinerant model requires exceptional organization and time management. You're managing IEPs and student needs across multiple buildings with different principals, different cultures, and different general education staffs — and you have less institutional presence in each building than teachers who are there full-time. Building relationships without the continuity of daily presence takes effort.
Travel time reduces direct service time, which is a real constraint. Mileage management, schedule coordination across buildings, and the logistical complexity of serving students in multiple locations are ongoing practical challenges. People who thrive tend to be highly organized, comfortable with the variety and independence that the itinerant model provides, and skilled at building productive working relationships quickly in multiple institutional contexts.
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You teach English language skills to non-native speakers. As an English Language Learning Teacher, you're building proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening—helping students communicate effectively in English.
Median pay for a SPED Itinerant Teacher (Special Education Itinerant 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 Instructing, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Social Perceptiveness.
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 SPED Director (Special Education Director), HS SPED Teacher (High School Special Education Teacher), and Transition Teacher.
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