Early years teacher to teacher of talented and gifted students
An early years teacher already meets 70% of what the teacher of talented and gifted students role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
41.2/ 100
1 How much of what a teacher of talented and gifted students 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 teacher of talented and gifted students role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A teacher of talented and gifted students role treats 27 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
- assess the development of youth
- assessment processes
What stands in the way is 8 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 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A teacher of talented and gifted students 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.
- already held use learning strategies information skills
- already held language teaching methods education
- already held kindergarten school procedures education
- already held common children's diseases health and welfare
- already held implement care programmes for children assisting and caring
- already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
All 40 carried skills, including the 27 the teacher of talented and gifted students role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 8 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 learning technologies required
- still to learn learning needs analysis required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- still to learn compile course material required
- still to learn support gifted students required
- optional, not held provide feedback to performers optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
- still to learn assign homework required
- still to learn recognise indicators of gifted student required
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held develop course outline optional
- optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- still to learn counselling methods required
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held monitor developments in field of expertise optional
- optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a teacher of talented and gifted students role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assign homework practise this
- 02 learning technologies study this
- 03 compile course material 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 40 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 assess the development of youth 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 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 instructional strategies knowledge
- already held language teaching methods knowledge
- 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 monitor children's physical development skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held special needs education knowledge
- already held support children's wellbeing skill
- already held support the positiveness of youths 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 facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held promote the safeguarding of young people skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held use learning strategies skill
- already held workplace sanitation knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide feedback to performers optional
- 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 develop course outline optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
- optional, not held monitor developments in field of expertise optional
- optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
- optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
7 held skills the teacher of talented and gifted students role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist children in developing personal skills skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role organise creative performance skill
- not needed by the target role provide after school care skill
- not needed by the target role social development knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach kindergarten class content skill
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
8 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 learning technologies required
- still to learn counselling methods required
- still to learn learning needs analysis required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
Common questions about this move
Can an early years teacher become a teacher of talented and gifted students?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An early years teacher already covers 70% of what a teacher of talented and gifted students is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 27 of which the teacher of talented and gifted students role treats as required.
What skills does an early years teacher need to become a teacher of talented and gifted students?
8 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by education. The single most important is assign homework.
How hard is the move from early years teacher to teacher of talented and gifted students?
Its learning distance is 41.2 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.