Pedagogue specializing in mental retardation

How much does an Pedagogue specializing in mental retardation earn

A Pedagogue specializing in mental retardation earns between $1.408 and $4.990 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.252 and a median salary of $1.791 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 2.602 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Pedagogue specializing in mental retardation
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.252	27.022	563	15
1º Quartile	1.408	16.898	352	10
Median Salary	1.791	21.487	448	12
3º Quartile	3.806	45.668	951	26
Higher Salary	4.990	59.881	1.248	34

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- teaching professionals
- - other teaching professionals not previously rated
- - - special education teachers

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Main workplaces

Special Education Teachers they work in teaching, health and social services, research and development, recreational, cultural and sporting activities and public administration, defense and social security. They are statutory or registered employees, work both individually and in an interdisciplinary team, with occasional supervision, indoors and during daytime hours. Eventually, they work in uncomfortable positions for long periods, in some activities they can work under pressure, leading them to a stressful situation. They may also be exposed to loud noise, unsanitary conditions and physical aggression.

What does it take to work in the field of Special Education Teachers

The exercise of these occupations requires higher education in the area of education, with courses or specializations in the area of special education.

Functions and activities of Pedagogue specializing in mental retardation

Special Education Teachers must:

prepare pedagogical materials and specific resources;

disseminate knowledge of the area;

participate in the elaboration of the school's political-pedagogical project;

act in the teaching-learning process;

forming professionals to work in the area;

participate in pedagogical-administrative activities;

disseminate area knowledge;

disseminate knowledge in the area;

research on topics of interest in the area;

demonstrate personal skills;

evaluate student educational needs;

assess students' educational needs;

evaluate students' educational needs;

participate in the development of different educational assistance programs;

training professionals to work in the area;

search on topics of interest in the area;

search about topics of interest in the area;

search for topics of interest in the area;

acting in the teaching-learning process;

assess the educational needs of students;

divulgar knowledge of the area;

Activities

forward student to regular education;

elaborate proposals for teaching portuguese as a second language ;

demonstrate ability to interpret sign language;

participate in category associations;

prepare self-contract materials;

participate in the organization of seminars, forums and other events;

analyze pedagogical proposals;

demonstrate ability to manage frustrations;

research the use of technologies;

prepare materials with motor and postural adaptations;

develop functional activities that involve the community;

preparing the community to interact with people with special educational needs;

participate in the organization of events on prevention;

plan activities based on the visual experience of students;

demonstrate flexibility;

study the proposals of educational legislation;

plan curriculum components according to year/cycle;

teaching the use of reference objects;

develop projects for the care of young people and adults;

study the written language of sign language;

participate in the preparation of texts on topics in the area;

demonstrate observation skills;

indicate institutions for professional education practices;

contribute to the elaboration of magazines, newspapers and newsletters;

training an interpreter guide for the deaf and blind;

work in educational rehabilitation programs;

research visual and spatial experience of deaf and deafblind people;

disclose the results of research projects;

create textures, reliefs that convey knowledge;

teaching portuguese as a second language;

guiding student internships;

forward the student to training in companies;

participate in the activities of the sensory integration program;

define school contents;

record texts in different media (tapes, multimedia etc);

transcribe texts in ink into braille;

transcribe students' braille texts in ink;

prepares the community to use orientation and mobility techniques;

demonstrate ability to direct educational establishments;

planning extracurricular activities;

pedagogically coordinate institutions serving students with special learning needs;

search for special education topics;

guiding work in the reading room;

adapt the curriculum to the needs of students;

perform pedagogical and cultural activities in hospitals;

teaching the activities of autonomous living;

working with augmentative and alternative communication;

prepare deaf instructors to work in teaching modalities;

elaborate a lesson plan;

teaching activities of daily living (adl);

disseminate sign language to the community;

search bibliography on syndromes and pathologies;

teaching portuguese language;

organize exhibitions of student work;

analyze the results of assessments of professionals from other areas;

participate in the evaluation process of the student's psychomotor and cognitive aspects;

demonstrate ability to work in a team;

direct institutions serving students with special learning needs;

participate in class councils;

prepare functional activities that involve the community;

develop educational assistance programs;

produce videotapes with subtitles and sign language;

evaluate project results;

demonstrate ability to articulate different realities;

evaluate student learning styles and paces;

participate in research projects;

teaching contents of curricular subjects;

plan individual educational intervention programs;

elaborate assessment instruments;

demonstrate ability to study and research;

elaborate projects to assist young people and adults;

teaching the use of soroban for mathematical calculations;

research language acquisition strategies;

preparing the community to use braille;

demonstrate creativity;

performing activities for orientation and mobility;

forward the student to the job market;

participate in pedagogical meetings;

participating in the activities of the sensory integration program;

coordinate course;

evaluate school performance;

apply the legislation on the rights of people with special learning needs;

develop visual material for students;

search sign language;

participate in the assessment of students' receptive communication;

demonstrate ability to manage educational establishments;

identify students' learning needs;

teaching curriculum contents in sign language and portuguese;

implement educational assistance programs;

assess students' learning styles and paces;

assess beginner student knowledge;

research bibliography on syndromes and pathologies;

demonstrate pedagogical coordination capacity of educational establishments;

delivering work orientation classes;

participate in area associations;

prepare instructors to work in the professional training of the apprentice;

assess beginner student's knowledge;

establish partnerships with multidisciplinary teams;

guiding volunteers for special education in communities;

analyze new theories for practical implementation;

develop assistance programs for young people and adults;

demonstrate leadership ability;

demonstrate the ability to articulate different realities;

select activities and physical and material resources;

elaborate codes of social interaction;

master braille;

evaluate the linguistic performance of the deaf;

work in educational qualification programs;

create material in brazilian sign language (libras) and portuguese language;

make didactic-pedagogical materials;

indicate institutions for vocational education practices;

prepare professionals for educational work in hospitals;

teaching work orientation classes;

develop projects with non-school institutions;

participate in the preparation of information on prevention;

work in essential stimulation programs;

participate in the elaboration of the school curriculum;

study approaches to augmentative and alternative communication;

demonstrate ability to work with individualized teaching;

develop essential stimulation projects;

forward the student to protected, vocational or occupational workshops;

provide advice to the school community;

adapt teaching games in braille and in enlarged types;

elaborate essential stimulation projects;

create materials for alternative communication;

prepare instructors to work in the apprentice's professional training;

adapt the curriculum to the students' needs;

evaluate receptive student communication;

plan extracurricular activities;

demonstrate ability to motivate others;

establish partnerships with families;

participate in the assessment of students' expressive communication;

direct institutions that serve students with special learning needs;

demonstrate planning ability;

prepare the sign language interpreter to work in the teaching modalities;

deliver lectures and courses;

master sign language;

demonstrate tolerance;

elaborate records of student progress;

work on the theme of prejudice in different types of events;

participate in health and education forums;

alphabetizing in braille;

search written sign language;

teaching recreational activities;

prepare visual cues for contextualizing environments;

demonstrate ability to work with differences;

transcribe texts in enlarged types;

prepare reports;

forward students to specific assessments;

analyze bibliographies on syndromes and pathologies;

grant interviews to the mass media;

develop assistance programs for youth and adults;

participate in lectures and courses;

participate in the planning of school-family integration activities -community;

demonstrate improvisational skills;

provide specialized pedagogical support services in different teaching modalities ;

mastering content and methodologies in the area;

participate in the elaboration of the teaching plan;

working with computer language resources;

developing activities of the different curricular components in libras and portuguese;

develop research projects;

proceed ethically;

participate in the process of evaluating the student's psychomotor and cognitive aspects;

disseminate written sign language to the community;

demonstrate ability to recognize own limitations;

teaching work orientation classes;

correcting student work;

participate in the preparation of newsletters on forms of communication;

create didactic-pedagogical materials;

participate in school inclusion programs;

evaluate students' expressive communication;

teaching to organize reference objects to anticipate daily activities;

performing recreational activities aimed at socio-affective interaction;

coordinate course;

prepare teachers for inclusion classes;

developing professional activities with students;

monitoring student training in companies;

master different forms of communication;

plan the evaluation of the teaching-learning process;

Sectors that hire Pedagogue specializing in mental retardation the most in the job market

activities of associations for the defense of social rights
general public administration
welfare services without accommodation
elementary school
associative activities
social assistance activities provided in collective and private residences
child education - day care
child education - pre-school
psychosocial assistance to people with psychic disorders, mental disability and chemical dependency
other teaching activities