Where an adult literacy teacher can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an adult literacy teacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Adult literacy teachers instruct adult students, including recent immigrants and early school leavers, in basic reading and writing skills, usually on primary school level. Adult literacy teachers involve the students in the planning and executing of their reading activities, and assess and evaluate them individually through assignments and examinations.
Also known as teacher of adult literacy and numeracy, adult literacy lecturer, skills for life teacher, adult literacy and numeracy instructor, adult literacy instructor, teacher of adult literacy, instructor in adult literacy and numeracy, literacy tutor.
Professionals 42 skills on file 12 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: further education teacher, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- further education teacher 81% covered · difficulty 24.4
- language school teacher 70% covered · difficulty 38.9
- hospitality vocational teacher 59% covered · difficulty 48.3
- learning support teacher 59% covered · difficulty 47.8
- university teaching assistant 59% covered · difficulty 39.7
- Steiner school teacher 59% covered · difficulty 51
- special educational needs itinerant teacher 59% covered · difficulty 45.6
- agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher 58% covered · difficulty 49
- digital literacy teacher 58% covered · difficulty 51.8
- medical laboratory technology vocational teacher 58% covered · difficulty 50.2
- electronics and automation vocational teacher 57% covered · difficulty 50.4
- early years teacher 56% covered · difficulty 51.6
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An adult literacy teacher needs 27 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- teach basic numeracy skills communication, collaboration and creativity
- teach literacy as a social practice communication, collaboration and creativity
- teach reading strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- teach writing communication, collaboration and creativity
- use pedagogic strategies for creativity communication, collaboration and creativity
- adapt teaching to target group communication, collaboration and creativity
- show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- consult students on learning content communication, collaboration and creativity
- adult education education
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an adult literacy teacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- language school teacher 79% covered · difficulty 29.3
- primary school teacher 71% covered · difficulty 38.2
- learning support teacher 68% covered · difficulty 41.7
- digital literacy teacher 66% covered · difficulty 43.1
- secondary school teacher 65% covered · difficulty 44
- special educational needs teacher 64% covered · difficulty 44.9
- music teacher 58% covered · difficulty 50.3
- dance teacher 55% covered · difficulty 53
- visual arts teacher 54% covered · difficulty 53.9
- circus arts teacher 51% covered · difficulty 57
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Adult literacy teacher is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an adult literacy teacher’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.