Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Early years teacher to Steiner school teacher

An early years teacher already meets 74% of what the Steiner school teacher role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From early years teacher
74 % overlap
Strong match
To Steiner school teacher
38 You already bring
6 Still to learn
55 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

36.9/ 100

1 How much of what a Steiner school teacher is expected to do is already part of an early years 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 Steiner school teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A Steiner school teacher role treats 23 of its required skills as things an early years 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 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 38 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A Steiner school teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an early years teacher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide after school care assisting and caring
  • already held organise creative performance management skills
  • already held common children's diseases health and welfare
  • already held implement care programmes for children assisting and caring
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring

All 38 carried skills, including the 23 the Steiner school teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn apply Steiner teaching strategies required
  • still to learn teach primary education class content required
  • still to learn use pedagogic strategies for creativity required
  • still to learn prepare youths for adulthood required
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held support gifted students optional
02 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn assign homework required
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn Steiner principles required
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
04 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held disability types optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a Steiner school teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 38 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 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 handle children's problems skill
  • already held implement care programmes for children skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held maintain students' discipline skill
  • already held manage student relationships skill
  • already held perform classroom management skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held teamwork principles knowledge
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
  • already held common children's diseases knowledge
  • already held consult students on learning content skill
  • already held escort students on a field trip skill
  • already held liaise with educational support staff skill
  • already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • already held monitor children's physical development skill
  • already held organise creative performance skill
  • already held perform playground surveillance skill
  • already held provide after school care skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held special needs education knowledge
  • already held workplace sanitation knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
  • optional, not held support gifted students optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
9 held skills the Steiner school teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instructional strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role language teaching methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
  • not needed by the target role social development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
  • not needed by the target role teach kindergarten class content skill
  • not needed by the target role use learning strategies skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

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

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn Steiner principles required
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an early years teacher become a Steiner school teacher?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An early years teacher already covers 74% of what a Steiner school teacher is expected to do: 38 skills carry over, 23 of which the Steiner school teacher role treats as required.

What skills does an early years teacher need to become a Steiner school teacher?

6 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is Steiner principles.

How hard is the move from early years teacher to Steiner school teacher?

Its learning distance is 36.9 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

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.