You may have what it takes to be a special educator. Special education students are those who learn differently from other children.
Teachers specialize in certain types of disabilities and are trained accordingly.
Nationally, there is a shortage of qualified special education teachers. This shortage is even more dramatic in rural areas. In Mississippi, unqualified teachers are teaching many special education students. Some of these teachers are trained and certified in areas other than special education, but in many cases, these teachers are permanent substitutes, individuals without teaching certificates. Almost 300,00 special education positions are allocated in the U. S. each year, over 25,000 of these positions are filled by teachers not certified in special education, nearly 4,000 position go unfilled.