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

special educational needs itinerant teachertolearning support teacher

A special educational needs itinerant teacher already meets 59% of what the learning support teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From special educational needs itinerant teacher
59%
Overlap1
To learning support teacher
27 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
48 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48/ 100

1 Share of the learning support teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the special educational needs itinerant 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 learning support teacher role treats 17 of its required skills as things a special educational needs itinerant 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 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A learning support teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a special educational needs itinerant teacher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide teacher support communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assist children with special needs in education settings assisting and caring
  • already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held primary school procedures education
  • already held behavioural disorders social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held special needs education education

All 27 carried skills, including the 17 the learning support teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 10 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, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held provide learning support required
  • required, not held adapt teaching to target group required
  • required, not held tutor students required
  • optional, not held teach mathematics optional
  • optional, not held teach writing optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held counsel students optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held support gifted students optional
  • optional, not held teach languages optional
  • optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
02 management skills 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
  • required, not held identify education needs required
  • optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
03 arts and humanities 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held grammar optional
  • optional, not held spelling optional
04 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
05 education 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held language teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held use learning strategies optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a learning support teacher 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 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 communicate with youth skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held demonstrate when teaching skill
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held liaise with educational staff skill
  • already held liaise with educational support staff skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held show consideration for student's situation skill
  • already held arrange parent teacher meeting skill
  • already held assist children with special needs in education settings skill
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held assist students with equipment skill
  • already held behavioural disorders knowledge
  • already held keep records of attendance skill
  • already held primary school procedures knowledge
  • already held provide teacher support skill
  • already held secondary school procedures knowledge
  • already held special needs education knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
09 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
10 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held teach mathematics optional
  • optional, not held teach writing optional
  • optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
  • optional, not held counsel students optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held grammar optional
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held language teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
  • optional, not held spelling optional
  • optional, not held support gifted students optional
  • optional, not held teach languages optional
  • optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
  • optional, not held use learning strategies optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
12 held skills the learning support teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on strategies for special needs students skill
  • not needed by the target role assist students with their enrolment skill
  • not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
  • not needed by the target role education law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role provide social counselling skill
  • not needed by the target role provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
  • not needed by the target role teach primary education class content skill
  • not needed by the target role teach secondary education class content 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held grammar optional
  • optional, not held language teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
  • optional, not held spelling optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Index
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.