Adult literacy teacher to special educational needs itinerant teacher
An adult literacy teacher already meets 59% of what the special educational needs itinerant teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
45.6/ 100
1 How much of what a special educational needs itinerant 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 special educational needs itinerant teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats 15 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
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
What stands in the way is 5 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs itinerant 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 show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held liaise with educational support staff communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assist in the organisation of school events management skills
- already held assist students with equipment assisting and caring
- already held apply intercultural teaching strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
All 17 carried skills, including the 15 the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 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 advise on strategies for special needs students required
- still to learn communicate with youth required
- still to learn liaise with educational staff required
- optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
- optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held counsel clients optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- still to learn monitor student's behaviour required
- optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
- still to learn behavioural disorders required
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
- optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
- optional, not held provide social counselling optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a special educational needs itinerant teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on strategies for special needs students practise this
- 02 behavioural disorders study this
- 03 communicate with youth 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 17 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 assessment processes knowledge
- 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 give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
- optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
- optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
- optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
- optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held counsel clients optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide social counselling optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
25 held skills the special educational needs itinerant 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 construct individual learning plans skill
- not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
- not needed by the target role develop learning curriculum skill
- not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role instructional strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role manage student relationships skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform classroom management skill
- not needed by the target role provide immigration advice 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 teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
- not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
5 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 behavioural disorders required
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education 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
- agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher 58% covered · moderate
- digital literacy teacher 58% covered · moderate
Common questions about this move
Can an adult literacy teacher become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An adult literacy teacher already covers 59% of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 15 of which the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.
What skills does an adult literacy teacher need to become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?
5 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on strategies for special needs students.
How hard is the move from adult literacy teacher to special educational needs itinerant teacher?
Its learning distance is 45.6 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.