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Where a sign language teacher can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sign language teacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Sign language teachers educate non-age-specific students in sign language. They teach sign language to both students with or without special educational needs such as deafness. They organise their classes using a variety of lesson materials, work interactively with the group, and assess and evaluate their individual progress through assignments and examinations.

Also known as british sign language teacher, sign language tutor, sign language trainer, british sign language trainer, british sign language tutor, sign language educator, assistant sign language teacher, sign language teaching assistant.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: special educational needs teacher, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
special educational needs tea… 51% covered special educational needs tea… 48% covered early years special education… 47% covered special educational needs tea… 45% covered agriculture, forestry and fis… 45% covered sign language teacher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sign language teacher, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sign language teacher already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A sign language teacher needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • teach sign language communication, collaboration and creativity
  • sign language arts and humanities
  • special needs learning equipment education
  • hearing loss health and welfare
  • communication related to hearing impairment arts and humanities
  • hearing disability health and welfare
  • teach languages communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communication disorders social sciences, journalism and information
  • language teaching methods education
  • special needs education education
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a sign language teacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Sign language teacher is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a sign language 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.