About the CRL

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• Career Resources By Major or Field
• Graduate School Planning
• Resumes and Cover Letters
• Job Hunting Online
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• Workshops and Instruction

• Resources for:
  • New Graduates
  • Undergraduates
  • Graduate Students
  • Alumnae/i
  • Faculty and Staff
  • International Students
  • Jobseekers with Disabilities
  • ALANA (African, Latina, Asian, Native American) Jobseekers
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Jobseekers
  • Women and Careers

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e-Library

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Library Catalog

• Search here for Career Books and more*
  *For a list of all books in the Career Resources Library, search by Non-LC call number and enter "CRL."
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Related Resources

• Career Education Center -- Simmons career counseling
• CareerLink-- Simmons online recruiting
• CA$H -- Simmons work study and on-campus jobline
• Alumnet Professional Connections
• School of Management Library -- additional career and business resources at Simmons
• Study Abroad Office

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Special Education

Descriptive Career Information | Job Banks and Searching Advice | Employer Directories | Associations

Descriptive Career Information

National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
A wealth of information for Special Education professionals, including links to career sites.
http://www.special-ed-careers.org/

Teachers - Pre-School, elementary, middle and secondary
Overview of the profession from the U.S. Department of Labor. Includes information about: General nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos069.htm

Job Banks and Searching Advice

SpedEx
Lists of national job openings, as well as other career resources.;
http://www.spedex.com

K12 Jobs
Search for education jobs by specialty and state. Also includes salary and other professional information.
http://www.k12jobs.com

Massachusetts Educators Career Center
Search for jobs by region, school district and specialty.
https://www4.doemass.org/elar/mecccommon/JobSearchPageControl.ser

Marc Sheehan's Special Education Page
A long list of special education links, some of which contain job postings. Difficult to use because the links are not organized into any sort of categories.
http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/sped.html

The Chronicle of Higher Education Online
See all content of the Chronicle online now, includes articles, career center, etc.
http://chronicle.com/

See Also: General Job Banks and Searching Advice

Employer Directories

Sped Schools
Links to databases, professional organizations and other resources in Massachusetts and throughout the United States.
http://www.spedschools.com/

Associations

Federation for Children With Special Needs
http://fcsn.org/

Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

National Association of Private Special Education Centers
http://www.napsec.org/

National Association of State Directors of Special Education
http://www.nasdse.org/

AVKO Spelling & Dyslexia Research Foundation
http://www.spelling.org/

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Page updated: February 29, 2008