I Graduated with a Special ED degree , apart from being a teacher , what other jobs can i apply for?

Question

I'm looking for something else for than being a teacher , some other way i could help ....can u help me brainstorm some other ideas

Answer 1

Sales Rep for an instructional education group like Kaplan, PCI, Walch, Herff-Jones etc. With these you can travel to schools and present workshops or to conferences as a vendor.

If you have a Master's degree you can work at a community college or four-year institution. You can run the test center, counsel special ed students in need of accommodations, registration, etc.

I was an activities director working with the elderly for 7 years which was interesting.

You can be an advocate to help parents with the many aspects of special ed. You can facilitate meetings working for the state department.

One of our teachers became a sales rep for a drug company - big bucks.

If you are good with computers there are a lot of company reps that demonstrate products and advise school/medical  systems on assistive devices for handicapped students.

Answer 2

Graduate school?

When you get an education degree, you don't have too many other options outside of teaching, at least as far as a career is concerned...

Answer 3

Early Intervention (birth to age 3)

Social Services-adult group homes/vocational program

Answer 4

you could probably be a counselor for special-needs kids...or you could probably get most positions at a special needs-only school (like Devereaux)...also, maybe a social worker or a counselor in an inner-city school...

Answer 5

I've been to three schools, the result finally a BA in sociology.

My career has brought me around to working in, at first, a crisis unit for the mentally ill, and chemically addicted.  And around again to United Cerebral Palsy where the staff gave total care to eight severely handicapped adults.  I burned out after a year at both position.  I wouldn't rule it out again, it is good to know one's limitations.  But I wouldn't commit my worst enemy to either one.  But here's the brainstorm, which came as I read your question.  Just a thought: what about an activities director?  That way, you run your own show.  It doesn't matter so much the clientele, whether the elderly, or be it the children, but I sense a real need for you to reach out in a caring role...there are Partial Day Care centers for the mentally ill which provide wonderful programs for teaching and learning in an organization designed to give freedom and autonomy, time and self respect for you as well as for 'them'.  A little research in your locale would give you some sense of how needy the particular population.  Good luck.  (I gave a thumbs up to the person who suggested a master's degree.)