Learning support teacher to tutor
A learning support teacher already meets 76% of what the tutor role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
26.8/ 100
1 How much of what a tutor is expected to do is already part of a learning support 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 tutor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A tutor role treats 14 of its required skills as things a learning support teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assess the development of youth
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
What stands in the way is 4 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 27 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 a learning support teacher background worth leading with.
- already held apply pre-teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held tutor students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide teacher support communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify learning disorders information skills
- already held maintain relations with children's parents communication, collaboration and creativity
All 27 carried skills, including the 14 the tutor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 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 consult student's support system required
- still to learn identify clients' needs required
- still to learn perform services in a flexible manner required
- still to learn assist children with homework required
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- optional, not held adult education 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 assist children with homework practise this
- 02 consult student's support system practise this
- 03 identify clients' needs 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities 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 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 learning difficulties knowledge
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held tutor students skill
- already held apply pre-teaching methods skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held identify learning disorders skill
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide teacher support skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
5 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 adult education optional
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
31 held skills the tutor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to target group skill
- not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role arrange parent teacher meeting skill
- not needed by the target role assist children with special needs in education settings skill
- not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role construct individual learning plans skill
- not needed by the target role counsel students skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify education needs skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
- not needed by the target role language teaching methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide learning support skill
- not needed by the target role provide lesson materials skill
- not needed by the target role recognise indicators of gifted student skill
- not needed by the target role school psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
- not needed by the target role spelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role support gifted students skill
- not needed by the target role teach languages skill
- not needed by the target role teach mathematics skill
- not needed by the target role teach reading strategies skill
- not needed by the target role teach writing skill
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use learning strategies skill
- not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments 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.
- optional, not held adult education optional
Other moves recorded from learning support teacher
Common questions about this move
Can a learning support teacher become a tutor?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A learning support teacher already covers 76% of what a tutor is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 14 of which the tutor role treats as required.
What skills does a learning support teacher need to become a tutor?
4 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist children with homework.
How hard is the move from learning support teacher to tutor?
Its learning distance is 26.8 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.