language school teachertoadult literacy teacher
A language school teacher already meets 79% of what the adult literacy teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
29.3/ 100
1 Share of the adult literacy teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the language school teacher 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 this move works
A adult literacy teacher role treats 22 of its required skills as things a language school teacher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- adapt teaching to target group
- adult education
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A adult literacy teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a language school teacher background worth leading with.
- already held Computer Assisted Language Learning education
- already held provide immigration advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use pedagogic strategies for creativity communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held adapt teaching to target group communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on lesson plans communication, collaboration and creativity
All 32 carried skills, including the 22 the adult literacy teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held teach basic numeracy skills required
- required, not held teach literacy as a social practice required
- required, not held teach writing required
- required, not held apply teaching strategies required
- required, not held teach reading strategies required
- optional, not held teach speed reading optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a adult literacy teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 teach basic numeracy skills skill · occupation specific
- 02 teach literacy as a social practice skill · occupation specific
- 03 teach writing skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 32 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held adapt teaching to target group skill
- already held adult education knowledge
- already held apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held consult students on learning content skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
- already held use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
- already held Computer Assisted Language Learning knowledge
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held assign homework skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held develop learning curriculum skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held provide immigration advice skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held teach speed reading optional
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
21 held skills the adult literacy teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt training to labour market skill
- not needed by the target role assess students' preliminary learning experiences skill
- not needed by the target role deliver online training skill
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
- not needed by the target role ethnolinguistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role improve students' language examination skills skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
- not needed by the target role language teaching methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role promote education course skill
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role supervise spoken language learning skill
- not needed by the target role support migrants to integrate in the receiving country skill
- not needed by the target role teach ESOL language class skill
- not needed by the target role teach ESOL literacy class skill
- not needed by the target role teach further education skill
- not needed by the target role teach languages skill
- not needed by the target role teach translation techniques skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held mathematics optional
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.