Montessori school teachertoprimary school teacher
A Montessori school teacher already meets 74% of what the primary school teacher role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
74%
37.9/ 100
1 Share of the primary school teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the Montessori 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 primary school teacher role treats 26 of its required skills as things a Montessori school teacher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
What stands in the way is 3 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 44 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A primary school teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a Montessori school teacher background worth leading with.
- already held provide after school care assisting and caring
- already held developmental psychology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held use pedagogic strategies for creativity communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise creative performance management skills
- already held common children's diseases health and welfare
- already held social development health and welfare
All 44 carried skills, including the 26 the primary school teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 6 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 primary education class content required
- optional, not held create craft prototypes optional
- optional, not held define creative components optional
- optional, not held improvise music optional
- optional, not held play musical instruments optional
- optional, not held select artistic materials to create artworks optional
- optional, not held teach music principles optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held support gifted students optional
- optional, not held teach arts principles optional
- required, not held assign homework required
- optional, not held bring out performers’ artistic potential optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held develop course outline optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- required, not held primary school procedures required
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held musical notation optional
- optional, not held maintain musical instruments optional
- optional, not held supervise craft production optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a primary school teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assign homework skill · sector specific
- 02 teach primary education class content skill · sector specific
- 03 primary school procedures knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 44 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held handle children's problems skill
- already held implement care programmes for children skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held maintain students' discipline skill
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
- already held support the positiveness of youths skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
- already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
- already held common children's diseases knowledge
- already held developmental psychology knowledge
- already held disability types knowledge
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held keep records of attendance skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held monitor children's physical development skill
- already held organise creative performance skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held provide after school care skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held social development knowledge
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
- already held workplace sanitation knowledge
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held bring out performers’ artistic potential optional
- optional, not held create craft prototypes optional
- optional, not held define creative components optional
- optional, not held improvise music optional
- optional, not held maintain musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held play musical instruments optional
- optional, not held select artistic materials to create artworks optional
- optional, not held supervise craft production optional
- optional, not held teach music principles optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held develop course outline optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held musical notation optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held support gifted students optional
- optional, not held teach arts principles optional
10 held skills the primary school teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Montessori learning equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role Montessori philosophy knowledge
- not needed by the target role Montessori teaching principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply Montessori teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
- not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
- not needed by the target role teach kindergarten class content skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.
- required, not held primary school procedures required
- optional, not held musical instruments optional
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held musical notation optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
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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.