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

primary school teachertosecondary school teaching assistant

A primary school teacher already meets 69% of what the secondary school teaching assistant role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From primary school teacher
69%
Overlap1
To secondary school teaching assistant
33 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
35 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

35/ 100

1 Share of the secondary school teaching assistant 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

Why this move works

A secondary school teaching assistant role treats 13 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 teaching strategies
  • assess the development of youth
  • assist students in their learning
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
  • give constructive feedback

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secondary school teaching assistant 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held social development health and welfare
  • already held advise on lesson plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held handle children's problems assisting and caring
  • already held recognise indicators of gifted student management skills
  • already held consult students on learning content communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held arrange parent teacher meeting communication, collaboration and creativity

All 33 carried skills, including the 13 the secondary school teaching assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held teach secondary education class content required
  • required, not held compile course material required
  • required, not held provide teacher support required
  • optional, not held consult student's support system optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held support children's wellbeing required
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held secondary school procedures required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held monitor student's behaviour required
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
06 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pedagogy optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a secondary school teaching 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 33 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
  • already held apply teaching strategies skill
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held assist students in their learning 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 maintain students' discipline skill
  • already held manage student relationships skill
  • already held perform playground surveillance skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held advise on lesson plans skill
  • already held arrange parent teacher meeting skill
  • already held assess students skill
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held assist students with equipment skill
  • already held consult students on learning content skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held disability types knowledge
  • already held escort students on a field trip skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held keep records of attendance skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held perform classroom management skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • already held recognise indicators of gifted student skill
  • already held social development knowledge
  • already held teamwork principles knowledge
  • already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held first aid optional
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
  • optional, not held consult student's support system optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
  • optional, not held pedagogy optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
38 held skills the secondary school teaching assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assign homework 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 demonstrate when teaching 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 facilitate teamwork between students 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 liaise with educational support staff skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes 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 oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • not needed by the target role play musical instruments 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 select artistic materials to create artworks skill
  • 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 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
  • not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
  • not needed by the target role workplace sanitation knowledge
4 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 secondary school procedures required
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held pedagogy optional
Index

Other moves recorded from primary school teacher

Full index of moves from primary 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.