Special Education Teacher, Correction Education pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 25920
- Class code
- 25920
- Pay scale group
- ED 01
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- E4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Special Education Teacher, Correction Education is $72,215 to $114,706 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 25920.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/09/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is professional education work in teaching special education classes for inmates at a state correctional institution. An employee in this job is responsible for developing and adapting special education programs to fit the educational and developmental needs of inmates with impaired learning ability. Work involves the design, adaptation, and use of a variety of instructional and remedial techniques to develop basic learning abilities of inmates with special educational needs using individualized and small group instructional approaches.
Examples of the work
• Prepares instructional objectives that will achieve the goals of the Planned Educational Program. • Develops Individualized Educational Plans for inmates and prepares lesson plans specifying content and activities to be covered, sequence of instruction, materials needed, and standards for lesson accomplishment. • Prepares instructional aids and materials for use in the classroom. • Reviews and recommends texts, study guides, workbooks, and other learning materials for use in the classroom. • Prepares assessments and analyzes the information gathered to determine inmate capabilities and readiness for learning.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of a valid and active professional special education certification issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ED schedule.