educational psychologisttolearning mentor
A educational psychologist already meets 69% of what the learning mentor role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
69%
33.3/ 100
1 Share of the learning mentor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the educational psychologist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A learning mentor role treats 14 of its required skills as things a educational psychologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- behavioural disorders
- communicate with youth
- communication disorders
- consult student's support system
- counsel students
- learning difficulties
What stands in the way is 3 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A learning mentor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a educational psychologist background worth leading with.
- already held school psychology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held developmental psychology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held communication disorders social sciences, journalism and information
- already held action research education
- already held learning needs analysis education
All 23 carried skills, including the 14 the learning mentor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
- required, not held assist students in their learning required
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
- required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
- optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held identify education needs optional
- optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
- optional, not held apply person-centred care optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held counselling methods optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a learning mentor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill · cross sector
- 02 assist students in their learning skill · cross sector
- 03 encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held behavioural disorders knowledge
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held communication disorders knowledge
- already held consult student's support system skill
- already held counsel students skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held learning needs analysis knowledge
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held monitor student's behaviour skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
- already held support children's wellbeing skill
- already held action research knowledge
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held developmental psychology knowledge
- already held education law knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held school psychology knowledge
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held social development knowledge
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply person-centred care optional
- optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held counselling methods optional
- optional, not held identify education needs optional
- optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
22 held skills the learning mentor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out psychiatric assessment of child skill
- not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
- not needed by the target role conduct psychological research skill
- not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
- not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
- not needed by the target role diagnose education problems skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
- not needed by the target role interpret psychological tests skill
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date with training subjects skill
- not needed by the target role monitor therapeutic progress skill
- not needed by the target role perform educational testing skill
- not needed by the target role psychiatric disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role publish academic research skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role test for behavioural patterns skill
- not needed by the target role test for emotional patterns skill
- not needed by the target role use psychoeducation skill
- not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held counselling methods optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
Other moves recorded from educational psychologist
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.