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.
Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: special educational needs teacher, 51%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- special educational needs teacher 51% covered · difficulty 59.6
- special educational needs teacher secondary school 48% covered · difficulty 61.3
- early years special educational needs teacher 47% covered · difficulty 62.3
- special educational needs teacher primary school 45% covered · difficulty 63.7
- agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher 45% covered · difficulty 61.1
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sign language teacher is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sign language teacher 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.