Early years special educational needs teacher to secondary school teaching assistant

• already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
• already held apply teaching strategies skill
• already held assess the development of youth skill
• already held assist students in their learning skill
• already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
• already held give constructive feedback skill
• already held guarantee students' safety skill
• already held handle children's problems skill
• already held maintain students' discipline skill
• already held manage student relationships skill
• already held perform playground surveillance skill
• already held provide lesson materials skill
• already held support children's wellbeing skill
• already held support the positiveness of youths skill
• already held advise on lesson plans skill
• already held assess students skill
• already held assist students with equipment skill
• already held consult students on learning content skill
• already held curriculum objectives knowledge
• already held disability types knowledge
• already held escort students on a field trip skill
• already held first aid knowledge
• already held instructional strategies knowledge
• already held learning difficulties knowledge
• already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
• already held perform classroom management skill
• already held prepare lesson content skill
• already held promote the safeguarding of young people skill
• already held social development knowledge
• already held work with virtual learning environments skill

• optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
• optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
• optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
• optional, not held consult student's support system optional
• optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
• optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
• optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
• optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
• optional, not held pedagogy optional
• optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
• optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
• optional, not held teamwork principles optional

• not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
• not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
• not needed by the target role assist children in developing personal skills skill
• not needed by the target role attend to children's basic physical needs skill
• not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
• not needed by the target role common children's diseases knowledge
• not needed by the target role communication disorders knowledge
• not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
• not needed by the target role development delays knowledge
• not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
• not needed by the target role facilitate motor skill activities skill
• not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
• not needed by the target role hearing disability knowledge
• not needed by the target role implement care programmes for children skill
• not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
• not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
• not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
• not needed by the target role mobility disability knowledge
• not needed by the target role monitor children's physical development skill
• not needed by the target role organise creative performance skill
• not needed by the target role provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
• not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
• not needed by the target role stimulate students' independence skill
• not needed by the target role teach digital literacy skill
• not needed by the target role teach kindergarten class content skill
• not needed by the target role visual disability knowledge
• not needed by the target role workplace sanitation knowledge

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn secondary school procedures required
• optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
• optional, not held pedagogy optional
• optional, not held teamwork principles optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An early years special educational needs teacher already covers 68% of what a secondary school teaching assistant is expected to do: 30 skills carry over, 14 of which the secondary school teaching assistant role treats as required.

5 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is teach secondary education class content.

Its learning distance is 36.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.