Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Secondary school teacher to special educational needs itinerant teacher

A secondary school teacher already meets 69% of what the special educational needs itinerant teacher role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From secondary school teacher
69 % overlap
Strong match
To special educational needs itinerant teacher
23 You already bring
4 Still to learn
39 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

36.1/ 100

1 How much of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher 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 special educational needs itinerant teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats 16 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 intercultural teaching strategies
  • apply teaching strategies
  • assess students
  • 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs itinerant teacher 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • already held cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held secondary school procedures business, administration and law
  • already held keep records of attendance information skills

All 23 carried skills, including the 16 the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn advise on strategies for special needs students required
  • still to learn communicate with youth required
  • still to learn show consideration for student's situation required
  • optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
  • optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
  • optional, not held counsel clients optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held provide teacher support optional
02 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • still to learn behavioural disorders required
03 assisting and caring 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
  • optional, not held provide social counselling optional
04 education 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held education law optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a special educational needs itinerant teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 23 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
  • already held apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
  • already held apply teaching strategies skill
  • already held assess students skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held assist students in their learning skill
  • already held assist students with equipment skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held demonstrate when teaching skill
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held liaise with educational staff skill
  • already held liaise with educational support staff skill
  • already held monitor student's behaviour skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held arrange parent teacher meeting skill
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held consult student's support system skill
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held keep records of attendance skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held secondary school procedures knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
  • optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
  • optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
  • optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
  • optional, not held counsel clients optional
  • optional, not held education law optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held provide social counselling optional
  • optional, not held provide teacher support optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
73 held skills the special educational needs itinerant teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adolescent socialisation behaviour 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 compile course material skill
  • not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
  • 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 escort students on a field trip skill
  • 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 learning disorders 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 instructional strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role language teaching methods knowledge
  • 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 maintain students' discipline skill
  • not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage student relationships 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 monitor educational developments 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 pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform classroom management skill

33 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn behavioural disorders required
  • optional, not held education law optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a secondary school teacher become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A secondary school teacher already covers 69% of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 16 of which the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.

What skills does a secondary school teacher need to become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?

4 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on strategies for special needs students.

How hard is the move from secondary school teacher to special educational needs itinerant teacher?

Its learning distance is 36.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

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.