Sign language teacher to special educational needs teacher
A sign language teacher already meets 51% of what the special educational needs teacher role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.6/ 100
1 How much of what a special educational needs teacher is expected to do is already part of a sign language 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 teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A special educational needs teacher role treats 19 of its required skills as things a sign language teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assist children with special needs in education settings
- assist students in their learning
- curriculum objectives
What stands in the way is 13 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs teacher 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.
- already held teach sign language communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held special needs learning equipment education
- already held support people with hearing impairment assisting and caring
- already held provide learning support communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held stimulate students' independence assisting and caring
- already held communication related to hearing impairment arts and humanities
All 30 carried skills, including the 19 the special educational needs teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 39 missing skills fall into 9 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 assist children in developing personal skills required
- still to learn assist students with equipment required
- still to learn guarantee students' safety required
- 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
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- still to learn apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- still to learn maintain relations with children's parents required
- still to learn support the positiveness of youths required
- optional, not held teach braille optional
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
- optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans 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
- still to learn assess the development of youth required
- still to learn encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held facilitate motor skill activities optional
- optional, not held organise creative performance optional
- still to learn social development required
- 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
- still to learn monitor children's physical development required
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a special educational needs teacher 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 social development study this
- 03 apply intercultural teaching strategies 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 30 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 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 disability types knowledge
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held learning needs analysis knowledge
- 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 special needs learning equipment knowledge
- already held stimulate students' independence skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held communication disorders knowledge
- already held communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
- already held hearing disability knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held maintain students' discipline skill
- already held provide learning support skill
- already held support people with hearing impairment skill
- already held teach sign language skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held teach braille optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
- optional, not held teach secondary education class content 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 development delays optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held facilitate motor skill activities optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
- optional, not held mobility disability optional
- optional, not held organise creative performance optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- optional, not held visual disability optional
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
6 held skills the special educational needs teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
- 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 sign language knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach languages skill
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 social development required
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held development delays optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held mobility disability optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held visual disability optional
- optional, not held workplace sanitation optional
Other moves recorded from sign language teacher
- special educational needs teacher secondary school 48% covered · substantial
- early years special educational needs teacher 47% covered · substantial
- special educational needs teacher primary school 45% covered · substantial
- agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher 45% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a sign language teacher become a special educational needs teacher?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A sign language teacher already covers 51% of what a special educational needs teacher is expected to do: 30 skills carry over, 19 of which the special educational needs teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a sign language teacher need to become a special educational needs teacher?
13 required skills are missing, plus 26 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is assess the development of youth.
How hard is the move from sign language teacher to special educational needs teacher?
Its learning distance is 59.6 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.