primary school teachertofurther education teacher
A primary school teacher already meets 70% of what the further education teacher role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
35.6/ 100
1 Share of the further education teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the primary 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 further education teacher role treats 18 of its required skills as things a primary 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
- curriculum objectives
What stands in the way is 6 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A further education teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a primary school teacher background worth leading with.
- already held use pedagogic strategies for creativity communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on lesson plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult students on learning content communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities management skills
- already held assign homework management skills
All 30 carried skills, including the 18 the further education teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 5 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 further education required
- required, not held adapt teaching to target group required
- required, not held show consideration for student's situation required
- optional, not held deliver online training optional
- optional, not held promote education course optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- required, not held adult education required
- required, not held training subject expertise required
- required, not held adapt training to labour market required
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held monitor developments in field of expertise optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
- optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a further education teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 teach further education skill · sector specific
- 02 adapt teaching to target group skill · cross sector
- 03 adapt training to labour market skill · 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 30 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 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 use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held assign homework skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held consult students on learning content skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held deliver online training optional
- optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held monitor developments in field of expertise optional
- optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
- optional, not held promote education course optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
41 held skills the further education teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role arrange parent teacher meeting skill
- not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
- not needed by the target role assist children in developing personal skills skill
- not needed by the target role attend to children's basic physical needs skill
- not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role bring out performers’ artistic potential skill
- not needed by the target role common children's diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role create craft prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role define creative components skill
- not needed by the target role develop course outline 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 handle children's problems skill
- not needed by the target role implement care programmes for children skill
- not needed by the target role improvise music skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
- not needed by the target role maintain musical instruments skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
- not needed by the target role maintain students' discipline skill
- not needed by the target role monitor children's physical development skill
- not needed by the target role musical genres knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical notation knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise creative performance skill
- not needed by the target role perform playground surveillance skill
- not needed by the target role play musical instruments skill
- not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
- not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide after school care skill
- not needed by the target role recognise indicators of gifted student skill
- not needed by the target role select artistic materials to create artworks skill
- not needed by the target role social development knowledge
- not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise craft production skill
- not needed by the target role support gifted students skill
- not needed by the target role support the positiveness of youths skill
- not needed by the target role teach arts principles skill
- not needed by the target role teach music principles skill
- not needed by the target role teach primary education class content skill
1 further entry not listed here
3 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 adult education required
- required, not held training subject expertise required
- optional, not held education administration optional
Other moves recorded from primary school teacher
- early years special educational needs teacher 78% covered · moderate
- special educational needs assistant 76% covered · adjacent
- teacher of talented and gifted students 76% covered · moderate
- music teacher secondary school 72% covered · moderate
- adult literacy teacher 71% covered · moderate
- special educational needs teacher 70% covered · moderate
- art teacher secondary school 69% covered · moderate
- secondary school teaching assistant 69% covered · moderate
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.