Where a early years teaching assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a early years teaching assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Early years teaching assistants support the early years teacher in an early years or nursery school. They assist in class instruction, in classroom supervision in absence of the head teacher, and in organising, developing and putting into practice of the daily schedule. Early years teaching assistants monitor and help students in group as well as individually, and tend to focus on the students in need of extra care and attention the early years teacher cannot provide.

Table 1 · Within reach

• primary school teaching assistant 79% covered · difficulty 24
• early years teacher 74% covered · difficulty 33.3
• special educational needs assistant 68% covered · difficulty 38.7
• Freinet school teacher 65% covered · difficulty 46.2
• Montessori school teacher 62% covered · difficulty 51.3

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a early years teaching assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.