Special Education Teachers
University degree Moderate growth · ANZSCO skill level 1 · occupation 2415
Special Education Teachers teach primary, middle or intermediate, and secondary school students with learning difficulties, hearing impairment and sight impairment, and promote students' social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 90.1% university · 6.5% vet / tafe · 2.3% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Teacher Education. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University Central Queensland University
- University The University of Sydney
- University Monash University (Monash)
- University University of Wollongong (UoW)
- University Western Sydney University
- University Southern Cross University (SCU)
- University Adelaide University
- University The University of Newcastle (UoN)
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE Chisholm Institute
- TAFE TasTAFE
- TAFE Gordon Institute of TAFE
- TAFE Holmesglen Institute
- TAFE Intech Institute of Technology
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
NSW 35.2% · QLD 24.4% · VIC 19.2% · WA 9.2% · SA 6.6% · ACT 2% · TAS 1.8% · NT 1.6%
Top industries
Education and Training.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.