Adapted Physical Education Specialists: Salary, Job Description, How To Become One, and Quiz

Job description

Adapted Physical Education Specialists provide individualized physical education instruction or services to children, youth, or adults with exceptional physical needs due to gross motor developmental delays or other impairments.

• Provide adapted physical education services to students with intellectual disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic impairments, or other disabling condition.
• Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.
• Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.
• Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records.

Salary

Adapted Physical Education Specialists with little to no experience tend to make between $34580 and $44030 while the more experienced ones can earn over $76110 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as an Adapted Physical Education Specialist is to move to a higher paying state like OR. Right now, the highest paying states for Adapted Physical Education Specialists are OR, RI, VA, IA and MI.

However, a higher pay at OR doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at OR might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as an Adapted Physical Education Specialist is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

Requirements

We asked other Adapted Physical Education Specialists what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a Bachelor’s Degree followed by a Master’s Degree.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of being an Adapted Physical Education Specialist.

What is the job like

73% of Adapted Physical Education Specialists said they were satisfied with their job and 73% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

Is this right for me

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like working with, communicating with, and teaching people. They like helping or providing service to others..

They also like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

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