Learning disabilities specialist vs moderate needs teacher

The differences between learning disabilities specialists and moderate needs teachers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a learning disabilities specialist has an average salary of $48,090, which is higher than the $47,086 average annual salary of a moderate needs teacher.

The top three skills for a learning disabilities specialist include support services, learning styles and physical disabilities. The most important skills for a moderate needs teacher are autism, CPR, and classroom management.

Learning disabilities specialist vs moderate needs teacher overview

	Learning Disabilities Specialist	Moderate Needs Teacher
Yearly salary	$48,090	$47,086
Hourly rate	$23.12	$22.64
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	7,860	52,646
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Learning disabilities specialist vs moderate needs teacher salary

Learning disabilities specialists and moderate needs teachers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Learning Disabilities Specialist	Moderate Needs Teacher
Average salary	$48,090	$47,086
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $64,000	Between $32,000 And $68,000
Highest paying City	-	Montclair, NJ
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Bethlehem Christian School
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between learning disabilities specialist and moderate needs teacher education

There are a few differences between a learning disabilities specialist and a moderate needs teacher in terms of educational background:

	Learning Disabilities Specialist	Moderate Needs Teacher
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Special Education	Special Education
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Learning disabilities specialist vs moderate needs teacher demographics

Here are the differences between learning disabilities specialists' and moderate needs teachers' demographics:

	Learning Disabilities Specialist	Moderate Needs Teacher
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%	Male, 36.4% Female, 63.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Asian, 3.7% White, 70.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.0% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 3.2% White, 78.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between learning disabilities specialist and moderate needs teacher duties and responsibilities

Learning disabilities specialist example responsibilities.

Lead strategic planning for eLearning initiatives and manage company-wide training for laboratory information system update.
Help students with organizational and study skills.
Provide consistent on-going consultation to teaching staff to support differentiate instruction for children with IEPs or with challenging behaviors.
Work directly with e-training manager to create training procedures in PowerPoint and convert them into interactive e-training courses in articulate storyline.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to integrate IFSP outcomes and goals within natural environments.

Moderate needs teacher example responsibilities.

Lead debates with advance students on topics including globalization, economics, and political history.
Provide individual and group core curriculum remediation in student s LRE.
Design a syllabus for all classes teach in the school or community.
Employ a variety of student-own strategies and develop interactive projects to facilitate engagement and a deeper understanding of mathematics concepts.
Serve as inclusion teacher in middle school science classes for the same population of ESE students.

Learning disabilities specialist vs moderate needs teacher skills

Common learning disabilities specialist skills

Support Services, 44%
Learning Styles, 17%
Physical Disabilities, 16%
Student Learning, 11%
ADHD, 4%
Learning Disabilities, 4%

Common moderate needs teacher skills

Autism, 46%
CPR, 23%
Classroom Management, 12%
CPI, 10%
Progress Monitoring, 9%

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