Educational counsellor to learning support teacher

• already held assessment processes knowledge
• already held assist students in their learning skill
• already held communicate with youth skill
• already held guarantee students' safety skill
• already held identify education needs skill
• already held learning difficulties knowledge
• already held liaise with educational staff skill
• already held liaise with educational support staff skill
• already held show consideration for student's situation skill
• already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
• already held behavioural disorders knowledge
• already held counsel students skill
• already held learning needs analysis knowledge
• already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
• already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
• already held primary school procedures knowledge
• already held school psychology knowledge
• already held secondary school procedures knowledge

• optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
• optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
• optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
• optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
• optional, not held teach mathematics optional
• optional, not held teach writing optional
• optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
• optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
• optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
• optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
• optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
• optional, not held grammar optional
• optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
• optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
• optional, not held language teaching methods optional
• optional, not held mathematics optional
• optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
• optional, not held provide teacher support optional
• optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
• optional, not held special needs education optional
• optional, not held spelling optional
• optional, not held support gifted students optional
• optional, not held teach languages optional
• optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
• optional, not held teamwork principles optional
• optional, not held use learning strategies optional
• optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional

• not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
• not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
• not needed by the target role advise on learning methods skill
• not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
• not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
• not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
• not needed by the target role community education knowledge
• not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
• not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
• not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
• not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
• not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
• not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
• not needed by the target role education law knowledge
• not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
• not needed by the target role inspect education institutions skill
• not needed by the target role liaise with educational institutions skill
• not needed by the target role listen actively skill
• not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
• not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
• not needed by the target role perform educational testing skill
• not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
• not needed by the target role provide information on education financing skill
• not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
• not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
• not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
• not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
• not needed by the target role tackle issues that block academic progress skill
• not needed by the target role use psychoeducation skill
• not needed by the target role work in vocational school skill

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

• still to learn curriculum objectives required
• optional, not held grammar optional
• optional, not held language teaching methods optional
• optional, not held mathematics optional
• optional, not held special needs education optional
• optional, not held spelling optional
• optional, not held teamwork principles optional

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An educational counsellor already covers 35% of what a learning support teacher is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 9 of which the learning support teacher role treats as required.

13 required skills are missing, plus 27 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is provide learning support.

Its learning distance is 68.9 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.