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Carl Boles
Mrs. Debock
Block 1
November 12, 2014

Annotated Bibliography
Essential Question: What does it take to become a special education teacher?
Working Thesis: A person must meet the requirements to become a special education teacher
Refined Thesis: It takes a lot of training and work to become a special education teacher

Sanna, Ellyn. "Job Requirements." Careers with Character: Special Education Teacher.
Broomall, PA.: Mason Crest, 2003. Print.
The main subject of this chapter shows what someone would need to be a special
education teacher. One requirement, like many, is to be caught up on studies; in this case, that
would be what disabilities can occur and how to maintain. A person wanting to be a special
education teacher must be able to keep calm under pressure and have the ability to keep their
students calm when they understand something or get frustrated. Regular teachers mostly think
most about the needs of groups of children where as a special education teacher must always see
the needs of each separate child for whom they are responsible. With this being known, teachers

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must have a variety of teaching techniques and technology. This job requires a bachelors degree
at least and the general studies inside that degree include educational psychology, legal issues of
special education, and the knowledge and skills needed to develop and teach curricula for
students with disabilities. I chose to write about this because it deals with the career I wish to
have and it gives information on key topics I would need to know about when I decide to start
my career as a special education teacher.

Sanna, Ellyn. "Career Opportunities." Careers with Character: Special Education

Teacher. Broomall, PA.: Mason Crest, 2003. Print.
Like every job in the world, there are many factors dealing with money that a student
studying education must know before starting their career as a special education teacher. The
median annual wages of a special education teacher in a secondary school is $54,810. As the
grades go up, the salary goes down, this would make someone wanting to teach high school
special education maybe reconsider their decision and teach at an elementary or secondary
school instead. Special education is not for every teacher; the field has additional stresses that
cause some teachers to switch to general education or change careers altogether. This means the
outlook is good for special educators entering the field in the next ten years or so. I see this
article as helpful because it gives insight on what a lot of people want to know about, how much
theyd get paid and if they would actually still want to stay in their studies.

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