Secondary school teacher to secondary school teaching assistant
A secondary school teacher already meets 66% of what the secondary school teaching assistant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
39.1/ 100
1 How much of what a secondary school teaching assistant is expected to do is already part of a secondary 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 secondary school teaching assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A secondary school teaching assistant role treats 12 of its required skills as things a secondary school teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assist students in their learning
- compile course material
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
What stands in the way is 7 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secondary school teaching assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a secondary school teacher background worth leading with.
- already held identify learning disorders information skills
- already held adolescent socialisation behaviour social sciences, journalism and information
- already held recognise indicators of gifted student management skills
- already held monitor student's behaviour management skills
- already held arrange parent teacher meeting communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult student's support system communication, collaboration and creativity
All 32 carried skills, including the 12 the secondary school teaching assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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 teach secondary education class content required
- still to learn provide teacher support required
- still to learn support the positiveness of youths required
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- still to learn handle children's problems required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- still to learn assess the development of youth required
- still to learn encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
- optional, not held social development optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a secondary school teaching assistant 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 teach secondary education class content practise this
- 03 encourage students to acknowledge their achievements 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 32 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held compile course material skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held maintain students' discipline skill
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held monitor student's behaviour skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held adolescent socialisation behaviour knowledge
- already held arrange parent teacher meeting skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held consult student's support system skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held identify learning disorders skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held keep records of attendance skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
- already held recognise indicators of gifted student skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held social development optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
64 held skills the secondary school teaching assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role assign homework skill
- not needed by the target role biological chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role classical languages knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
- not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
- not needed by the target role develop course outline skill
- not needed by the target role develop digital educational materials skill
- not needed by the target role e-learning knowledge
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role geography knowledge
- not needed by the target role history knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas skill
- not needed by the target role identify talent skill
- not needed by the target role instruct in sport skill
- not needed by the target role language teaching methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
- not needed by the target role linguistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role literary theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role literature knowledge
- 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 modern languages knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor children's physical development skill
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- not needed by the target role music literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role philosophy knowledge
- not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role pronunciation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide health education skill
- not needed by the target role provide learning support skill
24 further entries not listed here
4 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 social development optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
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Common questions about this move
Can a secondary school teacher become a secondary school teaching assistant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A secondary school teacher already covers 66% of what a secondary school teaching assistant is expected to do: 32 skills carry over, 12 of which the secondary school teaching assistant role treats as required.
What skills does a secondary school teacher need to become a secondary school teaching assistant?
7 required skills are missing, plus 8 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 secondary school teacher to secondary school teaching assistant?
Its learning distance is 39.1 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.