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Special educational needs coordinator

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Sen coordinator Sen director Sen officer Coordinator of special educational needs Inclusive education coordinator Special education coordinator Special education officer Special educational needs coordinator Special educational needs director Special educational needs officer

Special educational needs coordinators oversee programmes and activities that provide educational support to children with a variety of disabilities. They ensure they are up to date with the latest developments in the special needs research field with the objective of facilitating the special education processes needed to maximise the growth and learning potential of students with special learning needs, and advise the special education principal of these developments and new programme proposals.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Researching into current developments in curricula, teaching methods and other educational practices, and advising on necessary changes and possible improvements;
(b) Evaluating and advising on contents of courses and methods of examination;
(c) Researching into audiovisual and other teaching aids and advising on, planning and organizing their introduction in educational establishments;
(d) Documenting subjects and courses developed, and evaluating new courses;
(e) Providing ongoing professional development, training and consultative services to teachers;
(f) Organizing and conducting workshops and conferences to train teachers in new programmes and methods;
(g) Developing the structure, content and objectives of new educational courses and programmes;
(h) Visiting schools periodically and conferring with administrative and teaching staff on questions relating to curricula, teaching methods, equipment and other matters;
(i) Visiting classrooms to observe teaching techniques and to evaluate teachers performance, and scholastic results obtained;
(j) Preparing reports and making recommendations to educational authorities concerning possible changes and improvements in curricula, teaching methods, and other matters.

Knowledge

  • Management and administration
  • Computer use
  • Education science
  • Teacher training without subject specialisation
  • Care of the elderly and of disabled adults

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Organising, planning and scheduling work and activities
  • Monitoring developments in area of expertise
  • Accompanying and welcoming people
  • Developing professional relationships or networks

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity

Personal competencies

  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Supporting others
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Teaching professionals

Other teaching professionals

Education methods specialists

Other occupations of the professional group

Related training

Higher education
  • Pedagogy Bachelor
  • Psychopedagogy Bachelor
  • Physiotherapy Bachelor
  • Community education Bachelor
  • Speech therapy Bachelor

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Education methods specialists

402

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

40,61%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-16,25% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

71,14%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

33,08%

Part-time contracts

1,10% Turnover index

375

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

9%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Teaching professionals

36%

64%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Teaching professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Other teaching professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Education methods specialists

No experience
12%
Less than 1 year
54%
Between 1 and 2 years
2%
Between 2 and 4 years
10%
Between 4 and 8 years
0%
More than 8 years
22%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
50%
Education
13%
Information and communication
11%
Administrative and support service activities
7%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
6%
Others
13%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.