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Online Master of Education in Special Education careers

Advance in your special education career

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Our online special education master’s degree program helps you advance in several career paths, such as special education and administration.

  • Enhance your teaching proficiency and professionalism.
  • Learn from faculty who have special education teaching experience.
  • Complete a built-in autism concentration.

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Pursue rewarding special education careers

Preschool special education teacher, Georgia $65,660 per year1

High school special education teacher, Georgia $65,390 per year2

Enhance your special education skills

With your Master of Education in Special Education, you can build advanced teaching skills as you prepare for your desired career. This degree will help boost your salary as a special education teacher in an elementary, middle or high school. You can also become a clinical case supervisor, educational diagnostician, rehabilitation counselor and more.

  • In Georgia, job openings for special education teachers at the elementary, middle and high school levels are projected to grow by 10% from 2020 to 2030.3,4,5
  • Elementary schools in Georgia are projected to have 500 openings for special education teachers each year during this time frame.3

Special education outcomes and skills

Our Master of Education in Special Education builds your special education expertise as you move into your ideal career.

What you’ll learn

With Brenau’s online Master of Education in Special Education program, you will gain competencies in the following areas:

  • Content and curriculum: Brenau teachers consistently demonstrate a firm knowledge of the theories and methods of their chosen content area, ensuring a solid path to certification.
  • Knowledge of students and their learning: The basis of teaching begins with an understanding of the learner. Brenau teachers are equipped to support all learners in the academic, social and emotional areas of child development.
  • Learning environments: Brenau teachers create learning environments that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self-motivation.
  • Assessment: Brenau teachers understand how to align assessments with learning outcomes, ensuring students are continuously growing. Our teachers also understand how to design and implement assessments to use the data for true instructional purposes.
  • Planning and instruction: The classroom is complex, with many learners who absorb information differently. Brenau teachers are adept at planning and delivering instruction for contemporary students and their needs.
  • Professionalism: Our teachers are challenged to develop the skills and dispositions needed to become teachers who not only make a big impact on the lives of their students but elevate their educational environment. This contribution to the teaching profession is the very reason Brenau teachers are so successful.

Skills you’ll gain

  • Advanced curriculum development
  • Teaching practices for students with special needs
  • Research methods for education
  • Online teaching practices
  • Support for students with autism spectrum disorder

Support beyond graduation

At Brenau University, support doesn’t end at graduation. We’re here to ensure you have what you need to launch or advance in your career. From writing your resume to negotiating your salary, we support you every step of the way. Here are a few examples of career support you can expect as a Brenau student or alumnus.

Career services

Brenau University Career Services empowers you to pursue your ideal career with resume critiques, mock interviews, salary negotiation guidance and more. Contact us to take advantage of these services.

Professional development

The College provides in-person and virtual professional development sessions that cover career-related topics and assist students with their job searches.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “May 2022 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates: Georgia.” April 25, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023, from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ga.htm
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022. 25-2058 Special Education Teachers, Secondary School.” April 25, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023, from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252058.htm
  3. O*Net OnLine. “Georgia Employment Trends 25-2056.00 – Special Education Teachers, Elementary School.” April 18, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023, from https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/25-2056.00?st=GA
  4. O*Net OnLine. “Georgia Employment Trends 25-2057.00 – Special Education Teachers, Middle School.” April 18, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023, from https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/25-2057.00?st=GA
  5. O*Net OnLine. “Georgia Employment Trends 25-2058.00 – Special Education Teachers, Secondary School.” April 18, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023, from https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/25-2058.00?st=GA