Secondary school teacher to teacher of talented and gifted students
A secondary school teacher already meets 64% of what the teacher of talented and gifted students role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
46.9/ 100
1 How much of what a teacher of talented and gifted students 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 teacher of talented and gifted students role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A teacher of talented and gifted students role treats 23 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
- assign homework
What stands in the way is 12 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 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A teacher of talented and gifted students 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 language teaching methods education
- already held monitor children's physical development information skills
- already held recognise indicators of gifted student management skills
- already held post-secondary school procedures education
- already held arrange parent teacher meeting communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor student's behaviour management skills
All 40 carried skills, including the 23 the teacher of talented and gifted students role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 8 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 maintain relations with children's parents required
- still to learn support gifted students required
- still to learn support the positiveness of youths required
- optional, not held provide feedback to performers optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- still to learn learning technologies required
- still to learn learning needs analysis required
- still to learn special needs education required
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- still to learn handle children's problems required
- still to learn implement care programmes for children required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- optional, not held attend to children's basic physical needs optional
- still to learn assess the development of youth required
- still to learn encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
- still to learn counselling methods required
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a teacher of talented and gifted students 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 learning technologies study this
- 03 counselling methods study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 40 skills that carry over
- 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 assign homework skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held compile course material 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 instructional strategies knowledge
- already held language teaching methods knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held maintain students' discipline skill
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held monitor children's physical development skill
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held recognise indicators of gifted student skill
- already held arrange parent teacher meeting skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held develop course outline skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held keep records of attendance skill
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held monitor student's behaviour skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held post-secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide feedback to performers optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held attend to children's basic physical needs optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
56 held skills the teacher of talented and gifted students role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent socialisation behaviour knowledge
- 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 consult student's support system skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals 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 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 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 music literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role philosophy knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
- 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
- not needed by the target role rhetoric knowledge
- not needed by the target role sociology knowledge
- not needed by the target role sport games rules knowledge
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise spoken language learning skill
- not needed by the target role teach arts principles skill
- not needed by the target role teach astronomy skill
- not needed by the target role teach biology skill
16 further entries not listed here
10 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 learning technologies required
- still to learn counselling methods required
- still to learn learning needs analysis required
- still to learn special needs education required
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
Other moves recorded from secondary school teacher
- music teacher secondary school 80% covered · moderate
- physical education teacher secondary school 75% covered · moderate
- special educational needs teacher secondary school 70% covered · moderate
- special educational needs itinerant teacher 69% covered · moderate
- drama teacher secondary school 69% covered · moderate
- language school teacher 67% covered · moderate
- secondary school teaching assistant 66% covered · moderate
- hospitality vocational teacher 66% covered · moderate
Common questions about this move
Can a secondary school teacher become a teacher of talented and gifted students?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A secondary school teacher already covers 64% of what a teacher of talented and gifted students is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 23 of which the teacher of talented and gifted students role treats as required.
What skills does a secondary school teacher need to become a teacher of talented and gifted students?
12 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 8 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 teacher of talented and gifted students?
Its learning distance is 46.9 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.