Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

sign language teachertospecial educational needs teacher primary school

A sign language teacher already meets 45% of what the special educational needs teacher primary school role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sign language teacher
45%
Overlap1
To special educational needs teacher primary school
22 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
63.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.7/ 100

1 Share of the special educational needs teacher primary school role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sign language teacher profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A special educational needs teacher primary school role treats 18 of its required skills as things a sign language teacher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities
  • apply teaching strategies
  • assess students
  • assessment processes
  • assist children with special needs in education settings
  • assist students in their learning

What stands in the way is 15 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs teacher primary school role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sign language teacher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held stimulate students' independence assisting and caring
  • already held provide specialised instruction for special needs students assisting and caring
  • already held hearing disability health and welfare
  • already held communication disorders social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held assist children with special needs in education settings assisting and caring
  • already held special needs education education

All 22 carried skills, including the 18 the special educational needs teacher primary school role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held assist children in developing personal skills required
  • required, not held assist students with equipment required
  • required, not held guarantee students' safety required
  • required, not held handle children's problems required
  • required, not held implement care programmes for children required
  • optional, not held attend to children's basic physical needs optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
02 management skills 4 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held assess the development of youth required
  • required, not held assign homework required
  • required, not held balance participants' personal needs with group needs required
  • required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held facilitate motor skill activities optional
  • optional, not held organise creative performance optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held teach primary education class content required
  • required, not held apply intercultural teaching strategies required
  • required, not held maintain relations with children's parents required
  • required, not held support the positiveness of youths required
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
  • optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor children's physical development required
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
05 education 1 required
  • required, not held primary school procedures required
06 health and welfare 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held common children's diseases optional
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held mobility disability optional
  • optional, not held visual disability optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a special educational needs teacher primary school 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
  • already held apply teaching strategies skill
  • already held assess students skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held assist children with special needs in education settings skill
  • already held assist students in their learning skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held demonstrate when teaching skill
  • already held disability care knowledge
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held maintain students' discipline skill
  • already held manage student relationships skill
  • already held perform classroom management skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
  • already held special needs education knowledge
  • already held communication disorders knowledge
  • already held hearing disability knowledge
  • already held stimulate students' independence skill
  • already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events 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 develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held facilitate motor skill activities optional
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held mobility disability optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
  • optional, not held organise creative performance optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
  • optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
  • optional, not held visual disability optional
  • optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
14 held skills the special educational needs teacher primary school role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
  • not needed by the target role communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow research on special needs education skill
  • not needed by the target role hearing loss knowledge
  • 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 staff skill
  • not needed by the target role provide learning support skill
  • not needed by the target role sign language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role special needs learning equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support people with hearing impairment skill
  • not needed by the target role teach languages skill
  • not needed by the target role teach sign language skill
7 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held primary school procedures required
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held common children's diseases optional
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held mobility disability optional
  • optional, not held visual disability optional
  • optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
Index
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.