Language school teacher to modern languages teacher secondary school
A language school teacher already meets 64% of what the modern languages teacher secondary school role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.2/ 100
1 How much of what a modern languages teacher secondary school is expected to do is already part of a language school 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 modern languages teacher secondary school role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A modern languages teacher secondary school role treats 23 of its required skills as things a language school teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- assess students
- assign homework
- assist students in their learning
- curriculum objectives
What stands in the way is 9 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 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A modern languages teacher secondary school role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a language school teacher background worth leading with.
- already held supervise spoken language learning communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held Computer Assisted Language Learning education
- already held ethnolinguistics arts and humanities
- already held teach languages communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held language teaching methods education
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities management skills
All 29 carried skills, including the 23 the modern languages teacher secondary school role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 9 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 apply teaching strategies required
- still to learn compile course material required
- still to learn liaise with educational staff required
- optional, not held identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- still to learn develop course outline required
- still to learn maintain students' discipline required
- still to learn monitor student's behaviour required
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- still to learn modern languages required
- optional, not held classical languages optional
- optional, not held linguistics optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- still to learn secondary school procedures required
- still to learn post-secondary school procedures required
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a modern languages teacher secondary school role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 post-secondary school procedures study this
- 02 apply teaching strategies practise 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 29 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assign homework skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held keep records of attendance skill
- already held language teaching methods knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held supervise spoken language learning skill
- already held teach languages skill
- already held Computer Assisted Language Learning knowledge
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held ethnolinguistics knowledge
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas optional
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held classical languages optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held linguistics optional
- optional, not held literature optional
- optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
24 held skills the modern languages teacher secondary school role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to target group skill
- not needed by the target role adapt training to labour market skill
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
- not needed by the target role assess students' preliminary learning experiences skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
- not needed by the target role deliver online training skill
- not needed by the target role develop learning curriculum skill
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- not needed by the target role improve students' language examination skills skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role promote education course skill
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role provide immigration advice skill
- not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
- not needed by the target role support migrants to integrate in the receiving country skill
- not needed by the target role teach ESOL language class skill
- not needed by the target role teach ESOL literacy class skill
- not needed by the target role teach further education skill
- not needed by the target role teach translation techniques skill
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
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 post-secondary school procedures required
- still to learn modern languages required
- still to learn secondary school procedures required
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held classical languages optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held linguistics optional
- optional, not held literature optional
Common questions about this move
Can a language school teacher become a modern languages teacher secondary school?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A language school teacher already covers 64% of what a modern languages teacher secondary school is expected to do: 29 skills carry over, 23 of which the modern languages teacher secondary school role treats as required.
What skills does a language school teacher need to become a modern languages teacher secondary school?
9 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is post-secondary school procedures.
How hard is the move from language school teacher to modern languages teacher secondary school?
Its learning distance is 44.2 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.