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

Montessori school teachertospecial educational needs assistant

A Montessori school teacher already meets 72% of what the special educational needs assistant role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From Montessori school teacher
72%
Overlap1
To special educational needs assistant
31 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
33.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

72%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33.6/ 100

1 Share of the special educational needs assistant 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

Why this move works

A special educational needs assistant role treats 18 of its required skills as things a Montessori school teacher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess the development of youth
  • assist children in developing personal skills
  • assist students in their learning
  • assist students with equipment
  • attend to children's basic physical needs
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs assistant 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held organise creative performance management skills
  • already held social development health and welfare
  • already held common children's diseases health and welfare
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
  • already held implement care programmes for children assisting and caring

All 31 carried skills, including the 18 the special educational needs assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 education 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held learning needs analysis required
  • required, not held special needs education required
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
02 health and welfare 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held disability care required
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held hearing disability optional
  • optional, not held mobility disability optional
  • optional, not held visual disability optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held provide teacher support required
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held facilitate motor skill activities required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held communication disorders optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a special educational needs assistant 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 31 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
  • already held assist students in their learning skill
  • already held assist students with equipment skill
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
  • already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements 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 learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held manage student relationships skill
  • already held monitor children's physical development skill
  • already held perform playground surveillance skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held social development knowledge
  • already held support children's wellbeing skill
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held assess students skill
  • already held common children's diseases knowledge
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held escort students on a field trip skill
  • already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held liaise with educational support staff skill
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held organise creative performance skill
  • already held perform classroom management skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held work with virtual learning environments skill
  • already held workplace sanitation knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held communication disorders optional
  • optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held hearing disability optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held mobility disability optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held visual disability optional
23 held skills the special educational needs assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
  • not needed by the target role apply Montessori teaching strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply teaching strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
  • not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain students' discipline skill
  • not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
  • not needed by the target role provide after school care skill
  • not needed by the target role teach kindergarten class content skill
  • not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
12 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 disability care required
  • required, not held learning needs analysis required
  • required, not held special needs education required
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held communication disorders optional
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held hearing disability optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held mobility disability optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held visual disability optional
Index

Other moves recorded from Montessori school teacher

Full index of moves from Montessori school teacher

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.