Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

educational counsellortolearning support teacher

A educational counsellor already meets 35% of what the learning support teacher role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From educational counsellor
35%
Overlap1
To learning support teacher
18 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
68.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.9/ 100

1 Share of the learning support teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the educational counsellor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A learning support teacher role treats 9 of its required skills as things a educational counsellor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assessment processes
  • assist students in their learning
  • communicate with youth
  • guarantee students' safety
  • identify education needs
  • learning difficulties

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A learning support teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a educational counsellor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held school psychology social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held learning needs analysis education
  • already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held primary school procedures education
  • already held behavioural disorders social sciences, journalism and information

All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the learning support teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 40 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 10 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held provide learning support required
  • required, not held adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
  • required, not held adapt teaching to target group required
  • required, not held apply intercultural teaching strategies required
  • required, not held apply teaching strategies required
  • required, not held demonstrate when teaching required
  • required, not held give constructive feedback required
  • required, not held prepare lesson content required
  • required, not held provide lesson materials required
  • required, not held tutor students required
  • optional, not held teach mathematics optional
  • optional, not held teach writing optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held provide teacher support optional
  • optional, not held support gifted students optional
  • optional, not held teach languages optional
  • optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
02 management skills 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held assess students required
  • required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
  • optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
03 education 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • optional, not held language teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
04 assisting and caring 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
05 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held use learning strategies optional
06 arts and humanities 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held grammar optional
  • optional, not held spelling optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a learning support teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held assist students in their learning skill
  • already held communicate with youth skill
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held liaise with educational staff skill
  • already held liaise with educational support staff skill
  • already held show consideration for student's situation skill
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held behavioural disorders knowledge
  • already held counsel students skill
  • already held learning needs analysis knowledge
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • already held primary school procedures knowledge
  • already held school psychology knowledge
  • already held secondary school procedures knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
09 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held teach mathematics optional
  • optional, not held teach writing optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
  • optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held grammar optional
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held language teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held provide teacher support optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
  • optional, not held spelling optional
  • optional, not held support gifted students optional
  • optional, not held teach languages optional
  • optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
  • optional, not held use learning strategies optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
31 held skills the learning support teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on learning methods skill
  • not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
  • not needed by the target role community education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role education law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect education institutions skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational institutions skill
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role perform educational testing skill
  • not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on education financing skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
  • not needed by the target role tackle issues that block academic progress skill
  • not needed by the target role use psychoeducation skill
  • not needed by the target role work in vocational school skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • optional, not held grammar optional
  • optional, not held language teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
  • optional, not held spelling optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from educational counsellor

Full index of moves from educational counsellor

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.