Table 1Transition record

special educational needs teachertosign language teacher

A special educational needs teacher already meets 81% of what the sign language teacher role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

Coverage of the target role1: 81%
Skills carried over: 3015 of them required
Required, not held: 4plus 2 supplementary
Difficulty2: 21.9adjacent

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 21.9

This move: 21.9 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the sign language teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the special educational needs 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sign language teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a special educational needs teacher background worth leading with.

Held Skill the target role also needs Area

✓ teach sign language communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ special needs learning equipment education
✓ support people with hearing impairment assisting and caring
✓ provide learning support communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ communication related to hearing impairment arts and humanities
✓ stimulate students' independence assisting and caring

All 30 carried skills, including the 15 the sign language teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 6 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.

Tier Skill to acquire Type

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary

REQ teach languages skill

sup assist clients with special needs skill

02 arts and humanities 1 required

REQ sign language knowledge

03 education 1 required

REQ language teaching methods knowledge

04 health and welfare 1 required

REQ hearing loss knowledge

05 information skills 1 supplementary

sup follow research on special needs education skill

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sign language 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 30 skills that carry over

Tier Skill Type

REQ apply teaching strategies skill
REQ assess students skill
REQ assessment processes knowledge
REQ communication disorders knowledge
REQ communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
REQ curriculum objectives knowledge
REQ demonstrate when teaching skill
REQ give constructive feedback skill
REQ hearing disability knowledge
REQ manage student relationships skill
REQ perform classroom management skill
REQ prepare lesson content skill
REQ special needs education knowledge
REQ special needs learning equipment knowledge
REQ teach sign language skill
sup adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
sup assist children with special needs in education settings skill
sup assist students in their learning skill
sup disability care knowledge
sup disability types knowledge
sup instructional strategies knowledge
sup learning difficulties knowledge
sup learning needs analysis knowledge
sup liaise with educational staff skill
sup maintain students' discipline skill
sup provide learning support skill
sup provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
sup stimulate students' independence skill
sup support people with hearing impairment skill
sup work with virtual learning environments skill

2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Tier Skill to acquire Type

sup follow research on special needs education skill
sup assist clients with special needs skill

39 held skills the sign language teacher role does not ask for

Skill Type

· advise on lesson plans skill
· apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
· assess the development of youth skill
· assist children in developing personal skills skill
· assist students with equipment skill
· attend to children's basic physical needs skill
· behavioural disorders knowledge
· common children's diseases knowledge
· consult students on learning content skill
· development delays knowledge
· encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
· escort students on a field trip skill
· facilitate motor skill activities skill
· guarantee students' safety skill
· handle children's problems skill
· implement care programmes for children skill
· kindergarten school procedures knowledge
· liaise with educational support staff skill
· maintain relations with children's parents skill
· manage resources for educational purposes skill
· mobility disability knowledge
· monitor children's physical development skill
· organise creative performance skill
· perform playground surveillance skill
· primary school procedures knowledge
· promote the safeguarding of young people skill
· provide lesson materials skill
· secondary school procedures knowledge
· social development knowledge
· support children's wellbeing skill
· support the positiveness of youths skill
· teach braille skill
· teach digital literacy skill
· teach kindergarten class content skill
· teach primary education class content skill
· teach secondary education class content skill
· use learning strategies skill
· visual disability knowledge
· workplace sanitation knowledge

3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Tier Skill to acquire Type

REQ hearing loss knowledge
REQ language teaching methods knowledge
REQ sign language knowledge

Index

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Full index of moves from special educational needs 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.