Adult literacy teacher to early years teacher
An adult literacy teacher already meets 56% of what the early years teacher role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.6/ 100
1 How much of what an early years teacher is expected to do is already part of an adult literacy teacher’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the early years teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An early years teacher role treats 18 of its required skills as things an adult literacy teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An early years teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an adult literacy teacher background worth leading with.
- already held consult students on learning content communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
- already held manage student relationships communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held instructional strategies education
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held liaise with educational support staff communication, collaboration and creativity
All 23 carried skills, including the 18 the early years teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assist children in developing personal skills required
- still to learn handle children's problems required
- still to learn implement care programmes for children required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- optional, not held attend to children's basic physical needs optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- still to learn teach kindergarten class content required
- still to learn support the positiveness of youths required
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- still to learn assess the development of youth required
- still to learn maintain students' discipline required
- optional, not held organise creative performance optional
- still to learn kindergarten school procedures required
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- still to learn social development required
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- still to learn monitor children's physical development required
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an early years teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess the development of youth practise this
- 02 social development study this
- 03 teach kindergarten class content practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held consult students on learning content skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- optional, not held attend to children's basic physical needs optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held organise creative performance optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
19 held skills the early years teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Computer Assisted Language Learning knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to target group skill
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
- not needed by the target role assign homework skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
- not needed by the target role construct individual learning plans skill
- not needed by the target role develop learning curriculum skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide immigration advice skill
- not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
- not needed by the target role teach basic numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role teach digital literacy skill
- not needed by the target role teach literacy as a social practice skill
- not needed by the target role teach reading strategies skill
- not needed by the target role teach speed reading skill
- not needed by the target role teach writing skill
- not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
- not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn social development required
- still to learn kindergarten school procedures required
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
Other moves recorded from adult literacy teacher
- further education teacher 81% covered · adjacent
- language school teacher 70% covered · moderate
- hospitality vocational teacher 59% covered · moderate
- learning support teacher 59% covered · moderate
- university teaching assistant 59% covered · moderate
- Steiner school teacher 59% covered · moderate
- special educational needs itinerant teacher 59% covered · moderate
- agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher 58% covered · moderate
Common questions about this move
Can an adult literacy teacher become an early years teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An adult literacy teacher already covers 56% of what an early years teacher is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 18 of which the early years teacher role treats as required.
What skills does an adult literacy teacher need to become an early years teacher?
11 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is assess the development of youth.
How hard is the move from adult literacy teacher to early years teacher?
Its learning distance is 51.6 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.