Special educational needs assistant to special educational needs teacher
A special educational needs assistant already meets 68% of what the special educational needs teacher role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.2/ 100
1 How much of what a special educational needs teacher is expected to do is already part of a special educational needs assistant’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 23 of its required skills as things a special educational needs assistant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess students
- assess the development of youth
- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- curriculum objectives
What stands in the way is 9 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 45 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 special educational needs assistant background worth leading with.
- already held facilitate motor skill activities management skills
- already held mobility disability health and welfare
- already held visual disability health and welfare
- already held development delays health and welfare
- already held hearing disability health and welfare
- already held communication disorders social sciences, journalism and information
All 45 carried skills, including the 23 the special educational needs teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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 adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
- still to learn apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- still to learn apply teaching strategies required
- still to learn demonstrate when teaching required
- optional, not held teach braille optional
- optional, not held provide learning support 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 liaise with educational staff optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held teach sign language optional
- still to learn assist children with special needs in education settings required
- still to learn provide specialised instruction for special needs students required
- still to learn stimulate students' independence required
- optional, not held support people with hearing impairment optional
- still to learn special needs learning equipment required
- optional, not held assessment processes optional
- still to learn disability types required
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held maintain students' discipline optional
- optional, not held communication related to hearing impairment optional
1 further area 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 assist children with special needs in education settings practise this
- 02 provide specialised instruction for special needs students practise this
- 03 special needs learning equipment 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 45 skills that carry over
- already held assess students skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held disability care knowledge
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held handle children's problems skill
- already held implement care programmes for children skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held learning needs analysis knowledge
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held monitor children's physical development skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held social development knowledge
- already held special needs education knowledge
- already held support children's wellbeing skill
- already held support the positiveness of youths skill
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
- already held behavioural disorders knowledge
- already held common children's diseases knowledge
- already held communication disorders knowledge
- already held consult students on learning content skill
- already held development delays knowledge
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held facilitate motor skill activities skill
- already held hearing disability knowledge
- already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held mobility disability knowledge
- already held organise creative performance skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held primary school procedures knowledge
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held visual disability knowledge
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
- already held workplace sanitation knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held teach braille optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held provide learning support 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 assessment processes optional
- optional, not held communication related to hearing impairment optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
- optional, not held maintain students' discipline optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held support people with hearing impairment optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held teach sign language optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
2 held skills the special educational needs teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role provide teacher support skill
4 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 special needs learning equipment required
- still to learn disability types required
- optional, not held assessment processes optional
- optional, not held communication related to hearing impairment optional
Other moves recorded from special educational needs assistant
- early years special educational needs teacher 76% covered · moderate
- early years teacher 73% covered · moderate
- special educational needs teacher primary school 66% covered · moderate
- Freinet school teacher 63% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from special educational needs assistant
Common questions about this move
Can a special educational needs assistant become a special educational needs teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A special educational needs assistant already covers 68% of what a special educational needs teacher is expected to do: 45 skills carry over, 23 of which the special educational needs teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a special educational needs assistant need to become a special educational needs teacher?
9 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist children with special needs in education settings.
How hard is the move from special educational needs assistant to special educational needs teacher?
Its learning distance is 44.2 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.