Where a special educational needs itinerant teacher can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a special educational needs itinerant teacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Special educational needs itinerant teachers instruct disabled or sick children in their homes. They are specialised teachers employed by (public) schools to teach those unable to physically attend school, but also to assist the student, the parents and the school in their communication. They also fulfil the function of a social school worker by helping the students and parents with a student's potential behavioural issues and enforce, if necessary, school attendance regulations. In case of a possible physical (re)admission to school, visiting teachers advise the school regarding suitable classroom guidance strategies and advisable teaching methods to support the student and make the transition as agreeable as possible.
Also known as special needs peripatetic teacher, SEN visiting teacher, visiting teacher for special needs, special educational needs visiting teacher, SEN peripatetic teacher, special educational needs peripatetic teacher, SEN itinerant teacher.
Professionals 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: learning support teacher, 59%
- 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.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A special educational needs itinerant teacher needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- advise on strategies for special needs students communication, collaboration and creativity
- show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- behavioural disorders social sciences, journalism and information
- monitor student's behaviour management skills
- communicate with youth communication, collaboration and creativity
- liaise with educational staff communication, collaboration and creativity
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- liaise with educational support staff communication, collaboration and creativity
- assist students with equipment assisting and caring
- apply intercultural teaching strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- learning support teacher 79% covered · difficulty 25.9
- special educational needs teacher 71% covered · difficulty 34
- secondary school teacher 69% covered · difficulty 36.1
- tutor 59% covered · difficulty 45.4
- adult literacy teacher 59% covered · difficulty 45.6
- learning mentor 47% covered · difficulty 55.9
- educational counsellor 44% covered · difficulty 58.2
- academic support officer 44% covered · difficulty 58.4
- university teaching assistant 39% covered · difficulty 62.7
- educational psychologist 38% covered · difficulty 63.5
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Special educational needs itinerant 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 a special educational needs itinerant 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.