What degree should I get to become a special education teacher for high school history?

Samatha Nicar: Apollenaire: That's not always true. At my high school, they offered Teacher Assistant positions for elective credit and I was assigned to a special education history class. I know that they didn't have a special education version of every subject or elective that was offered at my school but they definitely had English, History, and Math for more high functioning kids. Also, there was no way the special education student population was over 80%.

Raven Purl: To teach in elementary or secondary school, you must have a degree in education. To teach special education, you must have a degree in special education. To teach in elementary or secondary school, you must also obtain a license in the state in which you intend to teach.If you intended to teach college, you would get a degree in history - a minimum of a master's, but preferably a PhD....Show more

Adrian Sherlin: For special education, you'd have a degree in special education. The thing with ! that is that it's generally K-12 or at least 7-12 to work in secondary and you cover whatever subjects are on the student's IEP. I don't know of any special ed teachers who teach a single specific subject, especially not history.