Educational counsellor to tutor
An educational counsellor already meets 35% of what the tutor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
64.3/ 100
1 How much of what a tutor is expected to do is already part of an educational counsellor’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 tutor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A tutor role treats 6 of its required skills as things an educational counsellor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
- consult student's support system
- guarantee students' safety
- learning difficulties
- maintain relations with children's parents
What stands in the way is 12 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tutor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an educational counsellor background worth leading with.
- already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held adult education education
- already held consult student's support system communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relations with children's parents communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held communicate with youth communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the tutor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 5 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 adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
- still to learn apply teaching strategies required
- still to learn demonstrate when teaching required
- still to learn give constructive feedback required
- still to learn identify clients' needs required
- still to learn perform services in a flexible manner required
- still to learn tutor students required
- optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
- optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- still to learn assess the development of youth required
- still to learn assess students required
- still to learn encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- still to learn assist children with homework required
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- still to learn curriculum objectives required
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tutor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess the development of youth practise this
- 02 assist children with homework practise this
- 03 adapt teaching to student's capabilities 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held consult student's support system skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held adult education knowledge
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
36 held skills the tutor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development 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 behavioural disorders knowledge
- 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 cooperate with education professionals skill
- not needed by the target role counsel students 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 identify education needs skill
- not needed by the target role inspect education institutions skill
- not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational institutions skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff 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 primary 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 school 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
1 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 curriculum objectives required
Other moves recorded from educational counsellor
- learning mentor 72% covered · moderate
- educational psychologist 64% covered · moderate
- academic advisor 58% covered · moderate
- academic support officer 56% covered · moderate
- special educational needs itinerant teacher 44% covered · substantial
- admissions coordinator 39% covered · moderate
- learning support teacher 35% covered · substantial
- career guidance advisor 32% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can an educational counsellor become a tutor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An educational counsellor already covers 35% of what a tutor is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 6 of which the tutor role treats as required.
What skills does an educational counsellor need to become a tutor?
12 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assess the development of youth.
How hard is the move from educational counsellor to tutor?
Its learning distance is 64.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.